‘Peace or air conditioning?' Italy vows to follow EU on Russian gas embargo
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- 07 Apr 2022
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Italy will “follow the decisions of the European Union” on new sanctions against Russia, Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at a press conference on Wednesday.
“Today the gas embargo is not yet… on the table,” Draghi told reporters after a cabinet meeting.
“It is not a possibility being discussed at the moment, but the situation is constantly evolving.”
“If we are offered a gas embargo, we will follow the EU down this path, we want the most effective instrument to achieve peace,” he said.
Italy is highly dependent on Russian gas, importing 95 percent of the gas it consumes, of which around 40 percent comes from Russia.
The growing number of “massacres” in Ukraine “is prompting us to adopt even tougher sanctions,” he said. “All the allied countries are wondering what can be done to stop Russia… We are following what the European Union decides.”
Draghi said “I believe the question is between peace and having working radiators, or air conditioning in summer. I think this is the question we must ask ourselves.”
He pledged that “if gas supplies were to stop today, we would be covered until the end of October with our reserves, there would be no consequences”. Read More...
