Gas Russia, EU sources: “No majority for roof”

EU member states are divided on whether to introduce a cap on the price of Russian gas, as the European Commission aired yesterday. At present “I don’t think there is a majority in favor of this measure”, reports a senior EU official. The extraordinary Energy Council, which will meet tomorrow morning in Brussels, in which ministers will have a “frank” discussion, will serve to find a “lowest common denominator” at the “highest possible” level to clarify to the Commission “what we expect to be proposed. “next week to counter the energy crisis that is hitting the EU. In any case, the objective is to remain “united” in the face of Russia. Read also A “large group of states” asks for a cap, which is reflected in the Commission’s non-paper, but “the question is how you do it. The devil is in the details: you can put a cap for gas used for electricity generation , all imported gas, how you do it, we have the strength to say that we have to put a roof, how our friends in Asia would react … it’s a combination of possibilities. If I had to bet, I would say that tomorrow there will not be a immediate invitation to the Commission to adopt a cap on Russian gas “.