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EU urges remote work and cuts to car and air travel as energy crisis deepens
Commissioner Dan Jørgensen urged Europeans to save fuel and asked member states to speed up renewables after a sharp rise in oil and gas prices linked to attacks in the Gulf.
Mar 31st 2026 · Belgium
Insights
- EU asks citizens to work from home and cut car and air travel to save diesel and kerosene.
- Dan Jørgensen said the energy situation is very serious and may persist even if hostilities stop.
- Oil and gas prices have risen about 70% after attacks that disrupted roughly 20% of global supply.
- EU energy ministers held an emergency meeting that produced no concrete proposals but agreed to coordinate.
- The European Commission will soon propose EU-level measures and urged rapid deployment of renewables and support for biofuels.