Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic Robert Fico criticized EU Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen for his statements about the EU’s dependence on gas imports from the USA and the RePowerEU regulation.
Bratislava – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday criticized Energy Commissioner Dana Jorgensen for his statement about concerns over the European Union’s dependence on imports of American natural gas. He recalled that it was precisely the European Commission (EC), of which he is a member, that pushed through the RePowerEU regulation, which from November next year bans the import of gas from Russia and thus puts the EU into this dependence. Fico stated this on social media before a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, TASR reports.
“Mr. Commissioner, were you not at work? Were you not at the European Commission when the Commission submitted the crazy ideological proposal, which was eventually approved, that from 2027 the import of any gas from the Russian Federation will be stopped and that everything will be replaced by liquefied gas from the United States of America? Are you, Mr. Commissioner, kidding us or what,” asks Robert Fico in a message on social media addressed to Dan Jorgensen.
The Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic on Tuesday (27.1.) announced that Slovakia will file a lawsuit with the Court of Justice of the EU against the RePowerEU regulation, which from November 2027 bans the import of Russian natural gas. According to him, Slovakia will object to a violation of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality.
In the post, Fico also addressed other foreign policy issues, where, according to him, European leaders are gradually changing their views. One of them is, for example, the statement by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping that it is vitally important to meet with China.
“Well, hooray! But I ask, where were all of you, for example in September, when China was celebrating victory over fascism,” Fico added. The Prime Minister commented in a similar way on statements about the need to conduct dialogue with Russia. (January 29).
