So we've shifted the goalposts from the EU is making us poor, to the EU is offering us the chance to become richer but we've decided installing plugs is too hard so we'd rather stay poor.

Which is both pathetic and untrue. Southern, central and Easterm Europe are building the EVs and the batteries and the long tail of components for them. They are more than capable of installing some chargers and some renewables and are indeed doing so.