The European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen said that the EU has no intention of returning to buy gas from Russia, Not even in case of a peace agreement in Ukraine. The exact opposite of what was declared by the Minister for the Environment Pichetto Fratin, who instead gave for sure the return to purchase large quantities of methane from Moscow.
The price of the gas In the meantime, it is returning to descend, both for the rise temperatures throughout Europe, and for the talks between Ukraine and the United States that have led to an agreement on critical metals that could guarantee the military support of Washington in Kyiv.
The EU no longer wants Russian gas
“In Europe we are determined to stop buying Russian gas. I want to be extremely clear: we can no longer continue to buy gases and to provide revenue for the Putin war cheering “. Chiara the position of the European Commission on Russian gas, expressed by Dan Jorgensen.
The EU has greatly reduced the purchase of methane from Russia, especially after the end of the agreement Gazprom With Ukraine, who closed one of the last gas pipelines that brought gas to Central Europe. European countries still import significant quantities of gas from Russia, especially by ship. In 2023 Moscow methane represented 8% of imports via Gasdotto and 15% of those by ship.
Pichetto Fratin’s statements
What was declared by the European Commissioner for Energy is live opposition to what was expressed by the Minister of the Italian Environment, Gilberto Pichetto Fratinjust a week ago.
“Made peace, we return to Russian gas. If there is a peace agreement, at that point everything comes into play. I realize that it is still difficult to talk about it at the current war, but it is natural to think that many tables could be reopened, from the reconstruction of Ukraine to the reopening of the exchanges “, declared the minister, unleashing the reaction of the oppositions.
The attack of the oppositions
The Minister’s statements immediately caused a reaction from the oppositions, which accused the government of wanting to abandon support for Ukraine.
“Can’t Pichetto wait to return to Russian gas? A ruling lines break on Ukraine this government could not do so, “the Senator of the Democratic Party Filippo Senesi said through his profile for his own profile. The action leader Carlo Calenda He recommended ironicly to the Minister of the Environment to “go to make Putin’s foolish servant”.
The price of the gas is down
In recent weeks, the price of gas in Europe has returned to fall, after the rise that occurred between the end of 2024 and the beginning of 2025. On February 26 the price dropped in a single day of 3.5%, bringing the cost to megawattora under 43 euros. Two factors that involved this reduction:
- Throughout Europe, winter is ending more quickly than expected, with significant rise in temperatures especially in the central areas of the continent, usually very cold even in March;
- Ukraine and the United States have reached an agreement on critical metals that should guarantee Kyiv supporting the USA also in the near future.
