The coming winter could be the most difficult for the whole of Europe in the last 60 years, the EU will pay for the sanctions imposed against Russia, Romanian Deputy Prime Minister Kelemen Hunor said on B1 TV.
“First of all, we, the European Union, will pay for the sanctions against Russia… Europe, the European Union, we must say frankly: we will all pay the price this winter, unfortunately, and it is not currently foreseen, there are no signs of the end of the war coming… There will be a severe winter, perhaps the most severe winter in the last 40-50-60 years, even, unfortunately, for the whole of Europe,” Hunor said.
According to his statement, the conflict on the territory of Ukraine will last longer than everyone thought, and this will also affect the European Union, but at the same time, Hunor believes that sanctions still needed to be introduced, since “there were no other levers of influence.” However, the Deputy Prime Minister of Romania assured that his country will be able to cope with energy problems.
“We can meet about 80% of Romania’s needs in the gas market, but we have to buy about 2 billion cubic meters on the market, and if we don’t buy, then of course we will have a problem, but I am convinced that we will buy gas in order to there was electricity and due to compensation we would have been able to survive the winter,” the Deputy Prime Minister added.
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