For a new momentum on the front of a pan-European response to excessive energy costs due to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as to justify Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who since March last year spoke of the need to impose a ceiling on international natural gas prices, which they speak at Maxim’s Palace, a few hours before the start of the European Political Community summit and the day before the decisive informal summit of European leaders in Prague.

Against the backdrop of a letter from European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, the Prime Minister said in a social media post that Ms von der Leyen’s proposal to consider capping global natural gas prices as an urgent measure to overcome the energy crisis is a very important step in the right direction. “I am looking forward to discussions in the European Council to develop a ceiling that will secure supply and keep prices at a reasonable level,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said, among other things.

In a statement, government spokesman Yannis Oikonomou notes, among other things, that “the letter from Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to the members of the European Council confirms Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s initiatives and insistence on a European response.” to the energy crisis.

The position of the President of the Commission to take decisive initiatives on energy accuracy, the adoption of the proposals of Kyriakos Mitsotakis to set a ceiling on the prices of natural gas of all kinds in the European market in order to reduce the burden on consumers should take decisions to make a decisive contribution to alleviating the burden borne by European citizens . Europe must not allow Russia to use energy as a weapon to hurt and destabilize European societies.”

In fact, government sources predict that in the context of today’s European Political Community Summit hosted in Prague by the Czech Presidency of the European Union, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will be at one of the 4 thematic tables dedicated to energy, economy. and co-chairman on climate change, the same people say, referring to recent developments in European efforts to curb international natural gas prices, the prime minister’s efforts are increasingly resonating with the European Union.

According to the same parties, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa, as well as the Prime Ministers of Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Bulgaria, Norway and Serbia will speak at the same table.

As is known, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been invited to the capital of the Czech Republic and will take part in today’s work of the European Political Community. Until last night, government sources pointedly pointed out that there are no indications yet of a possible meeting between Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Tayyip Erdogan.

The same people explained that the Prime Minister will meet at the same place as the President of Turkey, that is, in a plenary session at the beginning of the European Political Community summit, but clarified that it remains unclear whether during the entire European Political Community summit on Thursday two leaders will match both having the right to speak. According to the same information, during the opening of the plenary session of the Synod, which will last about an hour, Ukrainian President Zelensky is expected to speak via videoconference.

The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, as well as the Prime Ministers of Great Britain, Norway and Albania, are also scheduled to speak.

However, government sources confirm that in any case, Kyriakos Mitsotakis will inform about this tomorrow Friday at the informal summit of the 27th EU. for recent events and in this case for the escalation of the extreme rhetoric of the Turkish leadership, but also for the recent agreement between Ankara and the Tripoli government, as well as for the invalid Turkish-Libyan memorandum. In particular, he is expected to highlight the danger of Turkey’s behavior to the security and stability of the region in the midst of a critical moment.

Indeed, according to information, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will take part in a panel on security, which will be addressed by the leaders of countries that support the Greek position, such as France, Luxembourg and Croatia.

Source: RES-IPE