Under CopyrightDetsch, ClaudiaStriebing, ClemensClemensStriebingLoos, SabineSabineLoosBreitfeld, JonasJonasBreitfeld2025-07-232025-07-232025-06https://publica.fraunhofer.de/handle/publica/489875https://doi.org/10.24406/publica-493510.24406/publica-4935How fair is Europe’s energy system? In France, every second single mother with a medium or low level of education struggles to pay her next heating bill. In Portugal and Italy, people with health impairments in particular are disproportionately affected by energy poverty. Based on a large-scale survey conducted across six EU countries, this policy paper highlights comparable fault lines, examines the social, health-related and spatial patterns of energy poverty - and invites reflection on effective levers for a just energy transition.enEnergy PovertyEnergy JusticeHousehold Energy ConsumptionSocioeconomic InequalityEnergy PolicyInternational Comparative StudyGender and Energy300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::333 Boden- und Energiewirtschaft300 Sozialwissenschaften::300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie::303 Gesellschaftliche Prozessepaper