The role of taxation in ensuring the EU’s strategic energy autonomy while achieving decarbonisation

How can we ensure that energy taxes are effectively used in the EU to help achieve energy autonomy, while mitigating disproportionate impacts of high and volatile energy prices, and achieving a fair green transition? The session will bring different perspectives and valuable insights in the context of rising and more volatile energy prices and the need to reduce the EU’s structural energy-related dependency.

Moderator

Meabh McMahon, European Affairs Correspondent, Euronews

Speakers

Gerassimos Thomas, Director General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission

Femke Groothuis, Co-Founder and President, The Ex'tax Project

Christian Valenduc, Professor, University of Louvain - La - Neuve

Kurt Van Dender, Head of Tax and Environment Unit, OECD’s Centre for Tax Policy and Administration (CTPA)

This event is part of the European Commission’s series of events that will help steer the discussion towards a tax framework that is fit for the future. These events will culminate in a high-level Tax Symposium on 28 November 2022 on the “On the road to 2050: A tax mix for the future”.