The pressing of the Italian premier, Mario Draghi, to put gas and the energy question at the center of an extraordinary European summit to be set in July does not seem to be successful. The prime minister put it on the table at the summit that started the path to bring Ukraine into the Union. He welcomed Macron’s support, the French axis holds. The German Scholz also opened but for now it is not enough: “At present, there are no plans to hold a summit in July” dedicated to energy, EU sources explain while the Eurosummit is underway. From what has been learned, however, a Council at the level of energy ministers should still be convened.
The decision rests with the President of the European Council Charles Michel, which evaluates the advisability of convening a summit on the basis of the possibility of finding a consensus. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Latvian colleague Krisjanis Karins both said an extraordinary summit in July would only make sense if there was something to decide.
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by our correspondent Claudio Tito
According to our government, the “price cap” would have to be decided, the ceiling on the wholesale price of the natural gas that we import from Russia and that the Kremlin is cleverly holding up, acting on the taps to cut off supplies while the EU countries must resorting to emergency plans for the winter, as Germany has just done.