EU countries want to buy gas together
Created: 03/25/2022, 20:33
Ursula von der Leyen (CDU), President of the European Commission, and Alexander De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium in Brussels.
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After nine hours of wrangling over measures to counter high energy prices, the EU countries have agreed to buy gas together.
Brussels - "I welcome the fact that we will use our joint negotiating power," said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after the summit on Friday evening.
"Instead of outbidding each other and driving up prices, we will pool our demand." For pipeline gas, the EU represents about 75 percent of the market.
"We have enormous purchasing power," said von der Leyen.
dpa