German gas fees divide EU states

EU countries without their own sea connections are also dependent on LNG from such terminals.

On Monday, the energy ministers will discuss complaints from Central European countries against Germany’s high transit fees for natural gas. If the levy were abolished at the borders, German industrial customers would have to shoulder additional costs in the five to eight figure range.

The growing dependence on liquefied natural gas imports is increasingly dividing the member states. At their meeting in Brussels next Monday, the energy ministers will discuss a complaint from several Central European countries without LNG ports about Germany’s increased gas transit fees.

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