“As for the price ceiling for Russian gas, the European Commission needs to do more work to assess it,” TASS quoted him as saying.
Simson said the European Commission on Wednesday, September 14, will present its final proposals to combat the energy crisis, which will include mandatory restrictions for EU countries on electricity consumption during peak hours, as well as special taxes on excess profits of generating companies.
Earlier it was reported that EU energy ministers failed to agree on a price ceiling for Russian gas.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary Péter Szijjarto said that Budapest, at the meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels, opposed the introduction of a price ceiling for Russian gas.
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin commented on the idea of the G7 countries to introduce a price ceiling for oil and gas from Russia.