They didn’t have to make energy more expensive. The government submitted to Brussels before it was necessary

It was enough not to rush

Although a new EU directive prohibits comprehensive price aid from January, it is not valid until the Czech parliament approves it and “translates” it into law, and the Czech Republic could continue to play by the old rules.

The directive was approved by the Union in the middle of the year, with the provision that it should apply from January, but the Czech Republic has not yet had time to approve it. The directive is being folded into an amendment to the Act on Emission Permits, to which the ministries and, for example, the Union of Industry and Trade have a number of comments. Until the Ministry of the Environment solves them, it cannot even send the law to the government for approval. According to experts, it will certainly not be done before the end of the year, and if the government wanted to relieve households with paying for energy for as long as possible, it was enough not to hurry with the adoption.