European Affairs Commissioner
Paolo Gentiloni said Friday that the EU was aiming to invest
over 1,000 billion euros in environmental development.
Speaking via video-link to the presentation of a report by
ASVIS, an Italian alliance of bodies working for sustainable
development, the former premier said the EU wants to use energy
taxes to combat the climate crisis.
"One of the aims of the Commission will be to revise the
taxation system, above all on energy," he said.
"It is one of the ways the EU can influence the behaviour of
producers and consumers".
He said this would make the tax system "less favourable to
the use of polluting fuels and fossil fuels".
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