“Mediterranean countries must play a fundamental role in the future of Europe,” he said. energy crisis the Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi speaking to the European Parliament
He also said that “Europe is facing a deep geopolitical reorientation towards the South”
Mario Draghi said that “Europe’s gaze is inevitable to turn to the MediterraneanBut also towards “renewable energy sources in Africa and the Middle East”.
He stressed that “o war in Ukraine showed the deep vulnerability of many countries in Moscow “citing as an example Italy, which imports about 40% of natural gas from Russia.
“Such an energy dependence is economically and geopolitically dangerous,” he said, referring to the need to reduce “fossil fuel imports from Russia.”
The Italian prime minister went on to say that “since the beginning of the crisis, Italy has called for a European ceiling on gas prices imported from Russia”, citing the fact that “Moscow sells almost two-thirds of its exports to Russia. EU, mainly through pipelines that can not be redirected to other buyers. “
“Our proposal would allow us to use our bargaining power to reduce the costly costs of our economies today,” he said. his military campaign “.
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