Time to get serious about saving gas

The Commission wants to prepare the EU for all possible scenarios related to Russian gas flow by reducing energy consumption. In the winter plan, it proposes savings of 15 percent as early as August – mandatory if necessary.

Brussels would like to see as much unity as in the Commission among the EU members. Yesterday, no less than four members of the College presented the gas emergency plan for the winter – from President Ursula von der Leyen and her Vice President Frans Timmermans to the heads of energy and the internal market Kadri Simson and Thierry Breton.

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