FACUA warns Commissioner Simson that EU energy policy is a gift to oligopolies

FACUA-Consumers in Action has warned European Union (EU) Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson that European energy policy is a gift to oligopolies and is bad for consumers.

The association, together with other consumer organizations belonging to the Council of Consumers and Users (CCU), took part on Monday 21 February in a meeting with the EU Energy Commissioner to discuss the problems of this sector and energy policies in Spain and Europe.

At the meeting, FACUA executive Jesús Benítez was able to tell Commissioner Simson that, since the European Union issued the 1996 regulation that gave rise to the privatisation policies for energy supplies, a process has taken place that has led – contrary