It will be difficult for the EU to completely give up Russian gas, Poland itself in its determination to cut itself off from this raw material because of the war in Ukraine waged by Russia, the daily Le Monde reported on Wednesday.

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Poland alone on embargo?

During the Brussels summit, EU leaders managed to agree on a sixth package of sanctions on the evening of 30/31 May, including an embargo on some Russian oil imports, which was undoubtedly a radical move; However, the EU knows very well that it will be difficult to apply these and subsequent sanctions – on Russian natural gas

– wrote the daily Le Monde.

Nobody wants to buy energy from Russia. Russia is a barbarian country, a country we cannot rely on in any way

– quoted the daily newspaper of Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Therefore, we discussed how to quickly move away not only from Russian hydrocarbons such as coal or oil, but also, in the long term, from gas.

– said Morawiecki during the summit in Brussels.

Warsaw is a minority in this regard. Even the Baltic states, traditionally not inferior to Moscow, are less assertive

– trust Le Monde.

In this context, he recalls the words of Estonian Prime Minister Kai Kallas:

We have to talk about the seventh package of sanctions because the situation in Ukraine is not improving. But with gas, of course it will be much more difficult than with oil. Gas should be part of the seventh package, but I’m also a realist and I don’t think it will.

“Negotiations promise to be difficult”

The Chancellor of Austria, Karl Nehammer, firmly ruled out the possibility of imposing a gas embargo from Russia.

It is easier to compensate for the oil embargo, gas is completely different in terms of supply security. Therefore, we will not discuss (such as) embargoes and subsequent packages (sanctions)

Nehammer announced.

In turn, French President Emmanuel Macron said at the sanctions on Tuesday that “there is nothing to rule out in the coming weeks, everything will depend on the situation.”

Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, on the other hand, have been granted temporary exemptions from the Russian oil embargo, on which they depend heavily, given their geographic location.

Negotiations promised to be difficult and Budapest asked for four years and EUR 800 million to modernize the infrastructure

– remembers “Le Monde”.

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