Our country, among others, has long been asking for a ceiling to deal with high prices, but Holland and Germany, among others, feared that a ceiling would jeopardize supplies.
Of the 27 EU member states, only Hungary voted against today. The Netherlands and Austria abstained. Germany, which has always been a cold lover of the mechanism, voted in favour, even if the country would have set conditions.
Jozef Sikela, Czech president of the European Council, speaks of an “important agreement that will protect citizens from rapidly rising energy prices”. He is confident that the EU will develop a mechanism in the near future that will eliminate risks to both supply and financial markets. “We have shown once again that the EU is united and will not allow anyone to use energy as a weapon,” said the Czech minister.
