“The European Union intends to offer member countries a voluntary reduction in natural gas consumption by 15% from next month due to concerns that Russia may cut off fuel supplies,” the report says.
It is noted that EU countries are also recommended measures to reduce heating and cooling costs.
Earlier, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the situation with gas supplies in the near future causes the most concern among the countries of the European Union.
Leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with PolitExpert, commented on the situation in the EU energy industry.