The European Parliament calls for an immediate pan-European embargo on russian energy supplies, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, wrote on Twitter.
The 🇪🇺 will not be blackmailed. We are not afraid of Putin.
— Roberta Metsola (@EP_President) April 27, 2022
🇵🇱 🇧🇬 & other targeted states will find our support.@Europarl_EN calls for an immediate pan-European embargo on Kremlin-controlled energy supplies.
It’s time to cut our dependencies on autocrats once and for all.
“The EU will not be blackmailed. We are not afraid of Putin,” she stated.
According to her, Poland, Bulgaria, and other " targeted " countries will get the support.
“It’s time to cut our dependencies on autocrats once and for all,” Metsola urged.
This morning Gazprom announced a complete suspension of supplies to Bulgargaz (Bulgaria) and PGNiG (Poland) due to the refusal to pay in rubles.
In March, the russian president signed a decree to transfer payments for russian gas from the euro to the ruble. Putin said that "by freezing russia's reserves, the collective West has defaulted on russia and set the limit for the reliability of their currencies."
This step is based on the desire of the occupier state to strengthen its currency and declare economic war on Europe, said the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, stated that Gazprom’s announcement of the unilateral suspension of gas supply to European consumers is another russian attempt to use gas as a blackmail tool. This, in particular, shows russia's unreliability as a gas supplier.
Ursula von der Leyen mentioned that the EU was prepared for such a scenario and is working on alternative supply sources.