(Finance) – A joint action still to be agreed: the EU summit hesitates but tries to lay the foundations to solve the energy crisis with the aim of drastically reducing the dependence on Russian gas. “The starting situation of the various countries on energy it is very different from country to country, so the discussion is not easy on what to do in the face of a rise in the price of gas “.
The Prime Minister said, Mario Draghi, in the press conference at the end of the European council in Brussels. “We have been satisfied with the conclusionswe kept the point underlining that some measures have already been taken by us such as support for families and businesses to mitigate the effects of the increases “he added “the taxation of extraordinary profits from those who market electricity, and the possibility of putting a cap on the price of gas, it was decided that all this will be discussed with stakeholders, the large oil, electricity and distribution companies and there will be an energy council. For May we will have some proposals in this regard “.
“We hope to be able to absorb our share” of gas that it is offered to us by the US “, the Premier said underlining that “Today we have three regasification plants in operation. Minister Cingolani’s provision to Snam it’s time to buy two more floating regasifiers, “he added.
“There is a feeling that progress is very rapid, within a couple of weeks we will be able to present a detailed regasification plan.” Draghi also said that for May we will have a proposal from the European Commission on the possibility, so it is not certain, of unpacking the price formation of electricity from that of gas. Which is another aspect
for which we must wait for a report from the European regulator “.
“The president Macron – said the Prime Minister – he proposed an energy and defense fund that he will finance
many of the infrastructure works that are needed, for example the regasification plants “
Meanwhile, i negotiations between Russia and Ukraine they do not make progress, rather the locations appear more and more rigid, the armed clash continues, claiming victims between civilians and between soldiers on both sides. Despite the widespread reports on problems Vladimir Putin’s military are having on the ground in Ukraine, Russian soldiers are receiving indications from their superiors that the war will end by May 9, the date on which Russia celebrates ‘Victory Day’ in memory of the capitulation of Nazi Germany during World War II. He brings it back Sky News.
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