Energy prices: Alexander De Croo will convene a “short-term” consultation committee

Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (Open Vld) has announced that he will convene a Consultation Committee on rising energy prices “short term“, according to our colleagues from the VRT. The Prime Minister was responding to a question raised by Conner Rousseau, the president of Vooruit.

“Everyone is on deck. Winter is coming, we need to make the bills affordable“, said Alexander De Croo, believing that it was necessary to convene the advisory committee, “if only to see what the different initiatives of the governments are and how we can do the maximum together to protect people as much as possible”, he once more told VRT NWS.

“We know we are heading into a crisis that might last a long time, so we need to look at what steps we can take to ensure people use as little energy as possible. This will be the cheapest“, he clarified.