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Italian Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Becchetto Frattin revealed that 15 member states of the European Union oppose the European Commission's proposal to set a ceiling on the price of natural gas.
TASS quoted Fratin as saying after the meeting of the Council of Energy Ministers of the European Union: The countries critical of the European Commission's proposal agreed not to join the initiative submitted by the Commission, and at the present time it is necessary to evaluate both the European Commission's price ceiling proposal and other issues that may relate to solidarity and transparency. as one block.
The European Commission is trying, through a proposal to set gas prices, to contain the crisis in energy prices for homes and companies, which reached record levels in 2022, which fueled inflation.
For its part, the Federation of European Energy Exchanges (Eurobex) indicated that the proposed price cap mechanism could threaten the financial stability of the European Union.
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