Poland opposes mandatory reduction in EU gas consumption
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Climate and Environment Minister Anna Moskwa warned on the eve of the EU Council meeting on gas that Poland would oppose the European Commission's proposal to reduce consumption of the fuel across the EU. However, our country is not the only one to oppose such restrictions.
Indeed, according to the EC's plan presented on Wednesday (July 20), from August 1 to the end of March next year, EU member states would have to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent.
Anna Moskwa also stated that the attempt to force mandatory reduction mechanisms is unacceptable from the Polish point of view.
"It is difficult for countries to agree to mandatory gas reductions without knowing what the coming winter will be like, without having their interests secured," she stressed.
However, the Polish minister reported a readiness to discuss voluntary savings mechanisms in individual countries.
"Just as the International Energy Agency is doing, encouraging countries to save, presenting a package of proposals," she explained.
Also opposed to such solutions are Greece, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, and Malta. France has also announced its opposition to the EC's idea.
