One of probably the most urgent points within the EU is the housing disaster. Wages should not maintaining with the rising prices of lodging, and paying the hire is a problem for a lot of – by no means thoughts making an attempt to get on the property ladder. Meanwhile, homelessness has bought worse. Our visitor is the EU’s first housing commissioner, though his temporary additionally covers power – a key challenge because the bloc tries to grow to be extra unbiased. Dan Jorgensen is a Danish Social Democrat, and in Denmark he was minister for local weather and power, and minister for improvement cooperation and world local weather coverage, earlier than taking on the Energy and Housing portfolio for the EU in 2024.
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