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Some (most?) countries have a public lending right on paper books, so the library has to pay the author/publisher each time the paper book is loaned out.
It could be that the payment for the right to loan paper books is too low, and if it were increased to a more resonable level then authors/publishers wouldn't need to chage as much for ebook loans.
Libraries might be publicly owned, but I think many are managed as ruthlessly as if they were private profit-making companies. They should be looking not just at trying to get the books as cheaply as possible, but also at supporting the authors/publishers who are creating the books.
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