Published: May 22nd, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

On Tuesday, the Council adopted several major legislative proposals relating to energy and digital policy: the regulations and directives on the internal electricity, gas and hydrogen markets and the AI Act. The electricity market reform is intended to help curb price spikes such as those following Russia’s attack on Ukraine. The gas market package creates the basis for the development of hydrogen infrastructure and for an internal hydrogen market.