There are countries in the EU with sizeable coal reserves like Poland, Germany or Czech Republic. Current policies force them to abandon it and switch to natural gas which needs to be imported.
1.) In Germany without subsidies coal would phase out because it is too expensive. e.g. In western Germany since the 70s.
2.) People are Much more reluctant for coal mining anyway as it destroys lots of landscape.
So, no coal has no future in Germany
They could also build wind- and solar parks. They should, actually.
We do and the more renewables are present in the mix, the more expensive electricity gets. Despite using LED lights...
Oh my god there's European versions of the West Virginia "more coal jobs" grifters.