this targeted attacks Russia Against civilian infrastructure such as the power grid in Ukraine “war crimesUrsula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, who attacked the latest bombings at the behest of Vladimir Putin, sees them that way. civil infrastructure with the clear purpose of leaving without this, electric Y heating with the coming of men, women and children winter are pure acts terror and we have to call them so”, he denounced in a speech before his speech. plenary session of the European ParliamentOn the eve of the Council of Europe this will be held in Brussels on the 20th and 21st war in ukraine and Energy.
The German also insisted that it was time to hold the course and stick to Kiev. “We will support Ukraine as much as necessary and protect the Europeans from Putin’s other war against our energy. inflation, for your energy bills, for the winter. best answer Gas blackmailing Putin It is the European Union and Solidarity,” and reminded the need to maintain unity on a divisive issue such as measures to stop the rise in energy prices, both in Ukraine.
“More needs to be done to unravel price increases and manipulation of the Russian market,” but he recalled that he was satisfied with the fact that they had achieved it in eight months. Replace two-thirds of gas from Russia, with a cut of 80% of gas pipeline shipments this September. “We did not succumb to this blackmail. We resisted, but resisting Russian pressure comes at a price. European families have seen their bills skyrocket and our companies struggle to stay competitive.” by its services to intervene in the price of gas.
It does not include the possibility of separating the gas price from the electricity price, as he suggested weeks ago, as fears continue to prevail that consumption in the EU will skyrocket or that the club will subsidize third-party electricity countries. However, von der Leyen ‘Iberian mechanism’It “deserves to be worked at EU level”, making it possible to lower the price of electricity in Spain and Portugal, and ensures that “no stone is left behind”.
Leaders Summit, next stop
The plan, which will be discussed by leaders at the weekend’s summit, revolves around three measures: joint purchases gas – Mandatory 15% of the volumes required to fill the tanks – to allow Member States’ companies to benefit from their joint negotiating power and to prevent some countries from bidding against others because “gas sharing is absolutely critical”; solidarity ensure all countries have access to fossil fuels in times of crisis; Y measures to fix temporarily rising gas prices. The German said last March that the idea of capping the price did not find support among the Twenty-Seven. In fact, the measure is still not welcomed in some capitals such as Berlin.
Faced with this situation, Brussels chose to make a proposal. temporary price correction mechanism In designing a new reference index alternative to the Dutch TTF, to which gas contracts in Europe are currently indexed. “As a temporary measure, it will take some time, we will raise prices on TTF. We call it the market correction mechanism and yesterday we proposed some guiding principles as the first step. On this basis, we will prepare the working mechanism in Turkey. A second step,” Von der Leyen explained. announced its intention to submit a proposal to increase the “power” of the Community Executive. RepowerEU program.
“Only Member States with sufficient financial space critical investments. This will inevitably destabilize the conditions of our single market. So now we don’t just need RepowerEU, we also need to speed it up and increase firepower. We will present a proposal that will give all member states the same opportunity to prepare for the future,” he said. Now the next step will be the discussion of the plan at the level of heads of state and government. According to the Czech Minister for European Affairs, Mikulas BeckThere is a “broad consensus” on which areas to take action to control prices, there are still “differences”.