Many thanks to Hellequin GB for translating this article from Uncut News. The translator’s comments are in square brackets:

Failure of EU policy: number of EU citizens without sufficient heating doubles

In 2022, around 40 million EU citizens suffered from a lack of heating in their homes, and this number is constantly increasing. Although EU officials made a clear case for protecting vulnerable people and those in fuel poverty, the number of people on low incomes who could not afford heating doubled. The European Union’s solution is to advise these people on how to reduce their energy consumption.

The rise in energy prices due to the war in Ukraine, as claimed by the EU, or actually due to the self-imposed sanctions on gas imports from the Russian Federation and the abandonment of coal-fired power plants, has plunged almost the entire European Union into energy poverty. The latest figures show that around 40 million Europeans from all member states were unable to heat their homes adequately in 2022. Compared to 2021, the number of low-income people who suffered from cold has doubled, but even people with above-average incomes were affected.

“These figures demonstrate the seriousness of the situation and call on policymakers to take action and address the root causes of energy poverty as part of a just transition that ensures no one is left behind. Energy poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon. In many cases, this situation is mainly determined by three fundamental causes, namely high energy costs relative to the household budget, low income levels and low energy efficiency of buildings and appliances,” says the European Commission Recommendation on Energy Poverty, published recently in the Official Journal of the European Union has been published. [The root cause is called GLOBALISM and its affiliated megalomaniac alphabet genocidists called UN, WHO, EU, WEF and, and, and…]

Low energy consumption also needs to be reduced

According to the European Commission, high energy prices have impacted the bloc’s energy markets since mid-2021, leaving more people struggling to pay their energy bills. These difficulties were not only limited to low-income people and those who constitute vulnerable populations and had to devote a disproportionate share of their income to energy expenditure, but also affected many people with average incomes.

“The Union has acted uniformly at the European level and within the framework of international commitments to ease the situation of European citizens. However, there is still a need for additional and targeted measures at national level. People who have regular and direct contact with people in fuel poverty, such as health, education or social workers and energy advisors, should have the necessary skills to identify fuel poverty and provide advice and information to households affected by fuel poverty. This information may include advice on fundamentally reducing energy consumption, explaining energy bills, advice on housing law and tenants’ rights against evictions, as well as places where additional advice or support can be obtained,” the European Commission said. [And an unlimited influx of migrants from hostile and warm climates, with the resulting excessive taxation of the working European, is going to help the situation? You’re [vulgar intensifier] ivory-towered LIARS that need the Romanov treatment BADLY.]

Poor people should be sent to training courses [In re-education gulags most likely, with a high death rate]

EU governments should provide specific training for households affected by energy poverty, including those with low digital skills. [Wait a moment, are they saying that “DIGITAL” is the new fuel for keeping you warm during a nasty winter? Who comes up with such rubbish? Most likely someone that never had to really work in their life. Welcome to the Matrix, where simple belief keeps you from freezing to death.] These trainings aim to increase awareness of energy and digital literacy among households affected by energy poverty, enabling them to better control their energy bills and actively participate in a clean and fair energy transition, said the European Commission. At the same time, smart metering systems that provide accurate and near real-time readings will help consumers take control of their energy behavior and adjust their consumption to keep costs under control and end estimates and retroactive billing. [Bull-manure. They’ve done that in South Africa with electricity, and look where we are and have been since 2006.]

Romanian version

Afterword from the translator:

So, if I understand it right, this means, according to the parasites at the EU, that the people have to make a “choice”, STARVE or FREEZE to DEATH. Well, I’d rather take down their ivory tower and roast those evil bastards on a spit over their “laws and regulations”