Differences between European Union countries over dealing with the energy crisis

Brussels-Sana

Disagreements renewed among the leaders of the European Union today over how to deal with the emerging energy crisis due to Western sanctions against Russia.

Reuters reported that Poland accused Germany of selfishness in its handling of the expected winter energy crisis, as Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in statements during his participation in the European Union summit in Brussels: German selfishness must be eliminated, referring to fears of a financial gap between rich countries that are able to spend Huge sums on local support and those that can not.

The proposal to set a ceiling for gas prices remains the focus of the dispute, as some capitals seek to set a comprehensive ceiling for all gas trade transactions and import contracts, while others prefer to set a ceiling for the electricity sector only.

While Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands oppose setting a price ceiling, fearing that it will hinder the purchase of gas that their economies need and reduce the impact of any incentive to reduce consumption.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala talked about setting a ceiling on the prices of gas used to produce electricity.

In turn, Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel said that the EU should be careful not to undermine its position in world markets by keeping sellers away from it by imposing an unattractive ceiling because perhaps at that time we will have a price ceiling but we do not have the capacity.

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