Its second and last day develops into a thriller Summit which was scheduled to be completed around 14.30 Greek time and is still in progress, in order to find the common ground by the 27 EU leaders. on the subject of energy.
In terms of departure of the Spanish Prime Minister from the meeting room, as broadcast by SKAI’s envoy in Brussels, Giannis Kantelis, Pedro Sanchez asks for something very specific that mainly concerns his country. The problem is that there is no connectivity to the gas network and it is asking for a special exception for the Iberian Peninsula in setting electricity prices.
It seems that his temporary departure from the Council for about 10-15 minutes had the effect of finding a wording in the text of conclusions that is now being discussed and partially satisfying Spain’s request.
But the crucial thing is this: EU leaders agree that something needs to be done about gas supply and price reductions, but the “thorns” appear in the way this will be achieved, as countries’ interests are different. .
There are two blocks in the Summit. That of the southern countries (Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal) and the northern countries (Germany, the Netherlands and Finland) that ask for completely different things.
The final text of the conclusions will include formalities that will lead the Commission to work on seeking solutions for the joint supply of gas and the decoupling of electricity prices from gas, but they are decisions that will be taken in a second year.
Thus, it is not excluded that in a month the leaders will meet again to make decisions.
The position of the Greek side remains stable and still puts on the table the demand for a ceiling on wholesale gas prices, which however seems to be very difficult to adopt at the moment.
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