Written question – Resilience and improvement of the EU’s electricity grid infrastructure – drawing lessons from the Iberian Peninsula blackouts – E-003018/2025

Question for written answer  E-003018/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Georg Mayer (PfE), Harald Vilimsky (PfE)

The large-scale blackouts on the Iberian Peninsula in spring 2025 have once again highlighted the fragile and vulnerable nature of Europe’s energy supply. These events highlight fundamental shortcomings in the resilience of the electricity grid infrastructure and raise key questions about the feasibility of the EU’s ambitious climate and energy targets.

• 1.Does the Commission plan to give Member States more room for manoeuvre in decision-making and responsibility in securing and protecting critical energy infrastructure in the future, rather than further expanding centralised requirements that restrict national decision-making powers?
• 2.Given the sharp increase in electricity price volatility and the resulting and increasingly worrying burden on consumers, SMEs and industry, how does the Commission intend to ensure that the push to expand renewable energies does not continue to lead to unstable prices and grids that jeopardise competitiveness and security of supply in Europe?
• 3.In light of the recurring threats to the security of supply and the ongoing energy crisis, is the Commission prepared to subject the targets of the Green Deal and of the ‘Fit for 55’ package to a substantive review in order to minimise risks to security of supply and to competitiveness, as well as the burden on European households, rather than rigidly sticking to ideologically driven targets?

Submitted: 21.7.2025