Around 30 people from associations across several European countries gathered on Wednesday 04 June 2025 at Luxembourg Square in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to call for a moratorium on wind farms and ground-based solar farms in Europe.
Associations call for a moratorium on wind and solar farms in the EU
Wednesday, 4 June 2025
By The Brussels Times with Belga
A demonstration on the European energy crisis on the Place du Luxembourg, Brussels, on Wednesday 04 June 2025. BELGA PHOTO GREGORY IENCO
Around 30 people from associations across several European countries gathered on Wednesday 04 June 2025 at Luxembourg Square in Brussels, in front of the European Parliament, to call for a moratorium on wind farms and ground-based solar farms in Europe.
The EU Charade collective, a transnational platform comprising citizens, local officials, and experts from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland, is against what it describes as an “energy policy that is dogmatic, costly, and disconnected from local, physical, and social realities.”
The group claims these energy installations are often “imposed on local populations,” resulting in “higher energy bills, disfigured landscapes, risks to biodiversity, and instability of the electrical grid.”
In response to the energy crisis, protesters advocate reducing energy consumption, enhancing efficiency, developing controllable renewable energies, installing rooftop photovoltaic systems for local use, and respecting the right of regions to decide their own energy futures.
During Wednesday’s demonstration, EU Charade showed a series of videos from various associations opposing significant wind and solar projects in Europe, followed by a presentation of the coalition’s objectives.“Public funds must be redirected towards controllable and sustainable solutions, otherwise we will fuel a vicious cycle,” the group argued during their demonstration. “The more renewable energy we install, the more we have to spend to compensate for their shortcomings, increasing the burden on the public.”
In 2023, countries party to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change agreed to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, in order to adhere to the Agreement’s goal of limiting global temperature rise to +2°C, or preferably +1.5°C, above pre-industrial levels.
