
Mid-2025 recap: What we have done on fossil subsidies in the EU
An answer to our open letter Having delivered an open letter in late 2024 signed by over 30 groups and 130 academics demanding an end to all fossil subsidies by 2025, the campaign received a formal response from the European Commission in February 2025. The Commission admitted that only 43% of EU fossil fuel subsidies are scheduled to end by 2025—a commitment the campaign calls both insufficient and incomplete, since many member states lack phase‑out plans. Fighting for data transparency In February the campaign sent a request to access the energy subsidy inventory underlying the yearly Study on Energy Subsidies, receiving


