{"id":469443,"date":"2026-10-27T19:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/10\/27\/dalla-commissione-il-primo-dialogo-sulle-raffinerie-europee\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T19:18:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T18:18:55","slug":"the-commission-holds-its-first-dialogue-on-european-refineries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/10\/27\/the-commission-holds-its-first-dialogue-on-european-refineries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Commission holds its first dialogue on European refineries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 For the European Commission, the objective is clear: we must \u201cmaximise the production of the most urgently needed fuels, in particular aviation fuel and diesel, both of which are essential for military operations.\u201d It is in this spirit that tomorrow (28 October), the Berlaymont Building will launch the European dialogue on refineries<\/strong>. The meeting will be chaired by the European Commissioner for Defence, Andrius Kubilius<\/strong>, and the Commissioner for Energy, Dan J\u00f8rgensen<\/strong>, and will be attended by representatives from the sector, European refineries, business leaders, engineering firms, the main trade associations, and NATO. <\/p>\n

According to a statement issued in a press release<\/a>, the meeting was organised because \u201cin an unstable geopolitical context, Europe must maintain adequate refining capacity, backed up by diversified reserves and imports,\u201d particularly when it needs to \u201crespond to possible supply disruptions.\u201d <\/p>\n

Estimates provided by the European Commission indicate that, at present, \u201cEU refineries supply around 70 per cent of the aviation fuel and 85 per cent of the diesel consumed in Europe,<\/strong>\u201d and the aim now is to step up this process. Specifically, the European Commission aims to \u201censure reliable access to the fuels required for military purposes, establish resilient storage and distribution infrastructure, integrate defence requirements into forthcoming EU legislation on energy security, andsustainable fuels strategies,\u201d as \u201ccrucial elements of the Union\u2019s commitment to strengthening defence readiness\u201d. The initiative also forms part of the \u201cMilitary mobility package<\/a>\u201d \u2013 which, presented by the Commission in November 2025, aims to create a “military Schengen area” in Europe by 2027, ensuring the rapid and secure movement of troops, vehicles, and equipment between the 27 EU Member States and with NATO allies. <\/p>\n

The launch of the dialogue on European refineries was announced by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the start of the month, with the aim of reducing costs and ensuring that Europe has the necessary supplies, including those intended for defence. From a long-term perspective, and as announced in the AccelerateEU<\/a> plan \u2013 a package of measures and instruments presented by the European Commission on 22 April 2026 to address the energy market crisis, rising costs of fossil fuels and international geopolitical tensions  \u2013 the Commission has also initiated the process of revising the existing rules to \u201censure the availability of strategic fuel reserves and access to them for military purposes in exceptional circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The meeting will be chaired by the European Commissioners for Defence and Energy. Participants will include representatives from the sector, engineering firms, trade associations, and NATO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7908,"featured_media":469432,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[30809,30800],"tags":[27336,25871,36401,29924,30592,35217],"class_list":["post-469443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-security","category-energy","tag-agenzia-internazionale-energia","tag-andrius-kubilius-en","tag-dan-jorgensen-and","tag-palazzo-berlaymont"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7908"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469443"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":469444,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469443\/revisions\/469444"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}