“Energy markets are so tight that only a few degrees Celsius or a few days of calm separate Europe, which is facing power outages, from one that has enough energy to survive the winter,” he said.
Blas noted that energy prices in Europe remain extremely high, the cost of subsidies is rising, European companies are warning about the risk of deindustrialization.
Earlier, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, in an interview with NHK, expressed confidence that the problems of the European Union in the energy sector will spread to the next year.
Russia's permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, said that Europe has lost Moscow as a major energy supplier.