Poland’s leadership cannot understand why the European Commission is Medlets with the beginning of an antitrust investigation against Gazprom, although the reasons for it are obvious. The Minister of Climate of the Republic of Anna Moscow said on this on the air of Polish Radio, reports TASS.
According to her, Warsaw requires immediate start of checking the Russian company for excessive use of the role of monopolist and modest supplies. Moscow recalled that European Commissioners have extensive experience in launching such a procedure.
The Minister said that he would soon meet with the European Commissioner for Energy Cadry Simson and would try to insist on the Polish vision of the situation. She emphasized that Warsaw had enough arguments to “show, prove and persuade” the European Commission. In early December, the country passed additional arguments to the EC. The result of such an investigation, Moscow believes that Gazprom may become punishment or verification of its agreements with European countries.
On the eve, on December 8, the deputy head of the Polish oil and gas company PGNIG Przemyslaw Waclavsky said that Poland sees the need for more significant supply of Gazprom to Europe, and especially Western Europe was safe. In his opinion, gas prices will remain at a very high level until March-April, after which they will noticeably fall, although they will remain much higher than usual.
Electricity interruptions in the country already occur since the beginning of winter. The Republic asked for help from Sweden, as a result of which she launched a backup power plant operating on fuel oil.
The Russian side refuses to recognize its involvement in the energy crisis in Europe, noting that it performs all concluded contracts. The position of the opponents of Gazprom is that the exporter categorically refuses to provide additional amounts of fuel on the stock exchange, despite record prices.
In mid-September, a group of about 40 deputies of the European Parliament sent a letter to the European Commission with a call to investigate the actions of Gazprom, but did not give a move.