The European Commission is allowing limited energy-related spending to help EU countries manage rising energy prices. This decision responds to Italy's call for treating the energy crisis as a defense emergency. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticized the EU's bureaucratic nature, while the Commission's new measures permit EU governments to spend beyond normal limits on energy resilience projects. However, spending is still tightly constrained to prevent undermining fiscal credibility. The EU aims to balance strategic spending with debt sustainability amidst ongoing economic challenges.