It is a question of "converging effective solutions in order to limit the increase in gas prices, to limit the impact on electricity prices, to have common storage solutions in Europe and to diversify our sources supply," said the head of state, welcoming Mr. Sanchez to the Elysée.
The priority is to "prepare the protection of households and businesses in the short term, and our ability to resist in the medium term", preserving "our energy security for next winter", he added to the press. .
This urgency figures prominently on the menu of the European summit on Thursday and Friday in Brussels, where NATO and G7 summits with US President Joe Biden will also be held.
Pedro Sanchez met the Italian, Greek and Portuguese leaders on Friday in Rome to "define a common approach" in order to "push the European Commission and the other member countries to adopt important protective measures for all States", according to the head of the Italian government Mario Draghi, referring to "common" purchases and storage of gas.
After the visit of the Spanish leader, Emmanuel Macron was to participate in a videoconference on Ukraine with Joe Biden, the Briton Boris Johnson, the German Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi.
He was then to receive Sauli Niinisto, the president of Finland, a country on the front line against Russia.
Germany opposed an immediate embargo on Russian hydrocarbons, on which it depends heavily.
The Kremlin said Monday that a potential European embargo on Russian oil would hit "everyone".
© 2022 AFP