Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Commission defended its plan to control gas consumption in the EU and expand its authority.
In a statement released on Wednesday, European Commissioner for Climate Action Frans Timmermans blamed Russia for the EU’s weakened position.
He stated that expanding the EC’s powers is the solution and stressed the importance of implementing uniform bloc-wide rules to prepare for the worst scenario.
“If we do nothing we will have shortfalls, and shortfalls will not just affect the countries where the shortfalls happen,” he opined and added “they will affect every single member state because they will have serious consequences on our economy, and nobody can escape that consequence.”
Uniform rules despite diversity
“We have opted to set a uniform target because it is the simplest, fastest, fairest and also most transparent way forward,” Timmermans stated.
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