EU President: Europeans Must Reduce Electricity Use to “Flatten the Curve”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, a member of Germany's centrist Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Party, made the announcement earlier this week during a press conference.

"We see there’s a global scarcity of energy. So whatever we do, one thing is for sure, we have to save electricity, but we have to save it in a smart way – so what we have to do is flatten the curve and avoid the peak demands," she said.

Von der Leyen promised to propose a "mandatory target" for EU countries to reduce peak electricity consumption, as the continent's reliance on Russian gas imploded with Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine.