BRUSELAS, 5 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will propose to the leaders of the European Union to implement a system similar to that of Spain and Portugal to limit the price of gas used to generate electricity, in addition to establishing measures to set a maximum gas price.
“We are ready to discuss a limit on the price of gas that is used to generate electricity. This cap will be the first step for a structural reform of the electricity market,” said the head of the European Executive in a speech in plenary session of Parliament European in Strasbourg, France.
Von der Leyen has also asked to study the price of gas “beyond the electricity market” and has promised to work with the member states to reduce the price of gas and limit the volatility and impact of Russian manipulation on electricity prices. Energy.
The conservative German has assessed that the cap on the price of gas should be a temporary measure until the EU sets a new reference price and it has to be designed “properly” to guarantee security of supply. “The Commission has already started working on this,” she stressed.
