Spain backs EU's dialogue 'with other gas suppliers'

The European Union may take a set of measures on gas, which, among other things, will affect gas tariffs, Teresa Ribera, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Ecological Transition of Spain, said this in an interview with the Expansión newspaper, commenting on the EU's intention to impose price restrictions on Russian gas.

"It will not be one, but a whole range of measures affecting a number of issues, such as gas tariffs, emission quotas and interconnections," she said.

"These measures must be flexible," Ribera said, recalling that this is exactly what Spain achieved in July, when Brussels developed a pan-European plan to save gas during the winter.

European countries are currently debating whether to set a price range or the price cap for the purchase of gas delivered by pipeline and ships.

The Spanish Deputy Prime Minister also noted that she would offer to start a dialogue with traders and other gas suppliers, in addition to the Russian Federation, "in order to balance the power that Russia has so far had as the main supplier of gas for all of Europe."





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