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Presser Following Emergency Energy Meeting ~1300CET

EU

A press conference is set to follow the ongoing emergency Council meeting of EU energy ministers, with the tentative schedule for the briefing to begin around 1300CET (0700ET, 1200BST). A presser involving EU officials and the Ukrainian Energy Minister expected around 1600CET (1000ET, 1500BST).

  • Link to livestream: https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/2
  • EU has expressed optimism that a watered-down agreement on voluntarily reducing gas use by 15% could be agreed to (see: https://marketnews.com/revised-eu-gas-aims-for-app...). Delivering doorstep comments, Spain's Energy Minister Teresa Ribera confirmed her gov'ts hopes a deal would be reached.
  • Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: [Putin’s energy squeeze in Europe is] "continuation of his war on Ukraine." [Putin] “will use every dependence Europe has on Russia to ruin the normal life of every European family."

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