A decade of bilateral interconnections is starting to behave like a single market. What is still missing is a settlement mechanism neutral enough for every member state to trust it during a supply shock.
The targeted mechanism narrows eligibility to households below the national median income and will be rolled out across three quarters, beginning with fuel.
Targeting is the easy half of the problem. The harder half is a payments and eligibility system that reaches households with irregular income, no fixed address and limited digital access — the exact group the framework claims to protect. Three earlier attempts stalled at that step.
A decade of bilateral interconnections is starting to behave like a single market. What is still missing is a settlement mechanism neutral enough for every member state to trust it during a supply shock.
Targeting is the easy half of the problem. The harder half is a payments and eligibility system that reaches households with irregular income, no fixed address and limited digital access — the exact group the framework claims to protect. Three earlier attempts stalled at that step.
A decade of bilateral interconnections is starting to behave like a single market. What is still missing is a settlement mechanism neutral enough for every member state to trust it during a supply shock.
Targeting is the easy half of the problem. The harder half is a payments and eligibility system that reaches households with irregular income, no fixed address and limited digital access — the exact group the framework claims to protect. Three earlier attempts stalled at that step.
A decade of bilateral interconnections is starting to behave like a single market. What is still missing is a settlement mechanism neutral enough for every member state to trust it during a supply shock.
Targeting is the easy half of the problem. The harder half is a payments and eligibility system that reaches households with irregular income, no fixed address and limited digital access — the exact group the framework claims to protect. Three earlier attempts stalled at that step.
A decade of bilateral interconnections is starting to behave like a single market. What is still missing is a settlement mechanism neutral enough for every member state to trust it during a supply shock.
