ABSTRACT
Populism raises many challenges to countries throughout Central and Eastern Europe and the threat of democratic backsliding has never been greater than the one we are witnessing today. Energy poverty, with its complex, multi-dimensional nature, is widespread and deeply connected to the political, economic, and societal legacies of former communist regimes. The purpose of the concluding remarks of this book on energy poverty in post-communist countries is to provide, based on the content of the chapters, some evidence to support the idea that energy poverty offers a fertile ground for populism to thrive.
