The Czech Republic, which currently holds the rotating Presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU), wants to remove capping Russian gas prices from the agenda of this Friday’s meeting of the European Union (EU) member states’ energy ministers, the country’s Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Sikela has said.
Speaking to the Senate’s Committee on National Economy, Sikela called the cap a “political instrument” and argued that setting a limit on prices will not help Europe through the ongoing energy crisis, Xinhua news agency reported.
“In my opinion, this is an unconstructive proposal. It is more about another variant of sanctions against Russia than a current solution to the energy crisis in Europe. And now we don’t want to prepare further sanctions but to solve the energy situation,” Sikela said.
