(Finance) – The rotating Czech presidency of the EU Council announced today that it is ready to convene a new extraordinary meeting of the Energy Ministers of the Twenty-Seven by the end of September, if it will be necessary to rapidly approve the measures against high energy that will be formally presented by the European Commission next Tuesday in Strasbourg.
The measures, already formulated informally in a “non paper” of the Commission last Wednesday, were discussed today in Brussels by the energy ministers in another extraordinary meeting of the Council, after the one that had approved in record time the measures of the EU emergency package on gas, on 26 July last.
“I can promise that the Council is ready to work on the Commission’s proposals with the same speed as in July, when we approved the emergency measures for gas. If necessary, I am ready to convene another extraordinary meeting of the Council to adopt concrete solutions sooner. of the end of the month, “the Czech Deputy Prime Minister said in a press conference at the end of today’s meeting, Jozef Sikela, who holds the rotating presidency of the EU Energy Council.
“We must ensure security of supply, preserve the EU energy market and cross-border trade, but above all not disappoint our citizens and businesses”, continued Sikela. “When Putin began his energy war – he added – he expected to divide us and damage our democratic societies and our economies. He did not succeed and will not succeed. Europe – concluded Sikela – is united against this aggression “.
All member countries spoke out, with slight distinctions, in favor of the Commission’s proposals, and therefore a full mandate was given to move forward. “These are the words of the Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani, speaking to the press at the end. of the extraordinary meeting of the EU Council of Energy Ministers The Council discussed the five measures still informally proposed by the Commission against the sharp increases in gas and electricity prices, caused above all by Russia’s manipulation of the market.