Jorgensen called the upcoming winter difficult, but stressed that the EC has made every effort to prepare for it.

“I believe that a bigger problem than in the coming months will come in the winter of 2023-2024,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.

As Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, noted earlier, Europe will face difficulties in the energy sector in the winter of 2024.

The World Bank estimates that natural gas prices in Europe will quadruple by 2024 compared to the average price over the previous five years.