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The new EU rules on the taxation of energy products need to make a real contribution to the transition to cleaner energy sources and the reduction of CO
. Increasing taxes, which would lead to an increase in the price of diesel fuel, is not an adequate contribution.
At a time of increased demand for energy products and in consideration of the fact that the EU is still very dependent on external supplies of energy and is therefore at the mercy of the prices set by external suppliers, there will be an enormous pressure on industry and therefore also on EU citizens. In order to improve this situation, we ought to focus on renewable energies, as they are essential for economic development. Therefore, the real issue is not limited to how we should tax traditional forms of energy; it is also a question of how we can create incentives to use renewable forms of energy. Energy products must compete with one another so that the better form of energy will prevail in the future. Diesel and petrol both have advantages and disadvantages; no fuel can be classed as ‘better’. Therefore, the difference in taxation between diesel and petrol should be eradicated, but not necessarily by increasing the tax on diesel. What is more important is that, in this competition between sources of energy, the sustainable sources should gain a better position, and that is something that this proposal still fails to achieve."@en1
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