The European Union coordinates the bloc’s gas strategy

The EU Energy Ministers’ Extraordinary Meeting in Brussels (Belgium) was convened after Russia stopped supplying gas to Poland and Bulgaria last week.

So far, countries are helping Bulgaria with gas, but the EU must continue to consider more systematic measures to reduce their dependence on Russian gas. Therefore, the EU has considered the storage in preparation for the coming winter.

The Ministers are also considering a group purchasing platform at the European level, to obtain favorable rates.

At the same time, they reaffirmed that European energy companies must pay for purchases in the currency provided in the original contracts with Gazprom, without opening a ruble account with the bank. Russian goods as requested by Russia. The European Commission is preparing specific guidelines for the payment.

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