« How do you define the vulnerable consumer? Based on what? »

One of the problems that the new Government will face in the next period is to establish the criteria based on which the vulnerable consumer will be defined, Florin Spătaru, state counselor at the Prime Minister’s Chancellery, said on Tuesday.

« The energy transition is not a simple transition, it is not a cheap transition and it is not a transition that is made only from the Cotroceni or Victoria Palace offices. This energy transition must be discussed with the business environment, because one of the problems with which the new government will face in the next period is the definition of the vulnerable consumer. How do you define the vulnerable consumer? Based on what? Based on the income, based on the number of people, based on the location? There are things to be done because this energy transition will have a major impact on the social level. We did all these committees that I coordinated, along with my colleagues in the chancellery, I invited the ministries, the authorities who are responsible and, later, we organized common meetings with the business environment, because we will not be able to do this without actually understanding what the business environment can, « said Florin Spătaru, at the event: Reality ‘.