They got together in April to defend the Iberian mechanism. Three months later, Portugal and Spain are once again hand in hand, against the plans of a troubled Europe that, in order not to shiver in winter, asks the peoples of the south to also regulate the thermostat. “Solidarity”, the European Commission calls it. “Senseless sacrifice”, responds the Iberian Peninsula.
After all, what is at stake in the idea hatched in Brussels, which caught the southern European Member States by surprise? “The EU faces the risk of further gas supply cuts from Russia as the Kremlin is weaponizing gas exports, with nearly half of member states already affected by reduced deliveries., found this Wednesday the European Commission. Faced with these risks, Brussels proposed that, starting in August and until the spring of 2023, each Member State of the European Union reduce natural gas consumption by 15%. Regardless of whether or not you are exposed to Russian gas.
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Source: Observadora
