“In favor of the latest generation nuclear power”

Gilberto Pichetto Fratin – Picture by Ansa Foto

The new Minister of Environment and Energy Security Gilberto Pichetto Fratin will take part in the work of the Council of EU Energy Ministers in Luxembourg. With him there will also be energy consultant Roberto Cingolani.

The new minister emphasizes next-generation nuclear power. On the board, the discussion of the rules for capping the price of gasoline and common purchases.

“We are in favor of experimenting with next-generation nuclear power to deal with the energy crisis,” Fratin said. “It is in everyone’s interest to get rid of energy dependence.” The new minister said that the research and extraction of gas from the seabed will continue and that the Meloni government will continue the path of the Draghi government also at European level.

Habeck: “In favor of joint acquisitions”

According to German Economics and Environment Minister Robert Habeck, joint gas purchases “in the EU are the most effective way to keep gas prices low”. He declared it as soon as he arrived at the Energy Council in Luxembourg.

“Europe has a lot of market power and if countries decide to coordinate and form buying groups, the impact of a Europe that is no longer in competition brings prices down,” he said. -he declares.

“I think it’s the main tool and we think it’s more effective than a risky tool like the gas price cap.”

Gas price cap

The EU Council of Ministers should also decide on the “gas price cap mechanism”. We want dynamic price limits, we need to maintain security of supply” and “prevent speculative swings on exchanges so as not to increase market sensitivity to stressful situations,” Habeck said.