French President Emmanuel Macron announced today that the European Union plans to take strategic decisions and empower the European Commission in the areas of defence, energy, agriculture and technology.
“Today we will take strategic decisions and empower the European Commission in the fields of energy and defense,” the French president said in a press statement before his participation in the European Union leaders’ summit on Thursday. Said.
“We must be independent in terms of European food and gas security and be ready to defend our values and principles,” Macron said. said.
“There is a question at some point whether Russia will apply pressure and use gas weapons… But now President Putin has spoken and said that Russia will continue to supply gas,” and called for preparation for all scenarios.
Macron pointed out that France is less reliant on Russian gas than others, thanks to its energy mix based mainly on nuclear power.
“Europe is dependent on gas and imports 40 percent of it from Russia. The strategy we have to establish, and which will be the subject of discussion tonight, is how quickly we can close this gap and then bridge it. In the short term, we have to find ways and means to find other suppliers, and how We’ll see if we can reorganize it.
Source: agencies
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