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BRATISLAVA, May 8 (Xinhua) — Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday criticized the European Commission’s proposal to completely stop energy imports from Russia, calling the plan unacceptable in its current form.
According to the politician, refusing to import gas, oil and nuclear fuel from Russia just because “some kind of new iron curtain” is being built between the Western world and Russia is “economic suicide.”
Let us recall that on Tuesday the European Commission presented a roadmap for eliminating the EU’s dependence on Russian gas by 2027. It also proposes a gradual phase-out of oil and nuclear materials from Russia.
According to the roadmap, the EU will immediately stop signing new contracts for Russian gas and terminate all existing deals on the spot market by the end of 2025. All remaining Russian gas imports will cease by the end of 2027.
Such a step would cause significant damage to the competitiveness of both the EU and Slovakia, R. Fico stressed.
Hungary also categorically rejected the EU roadmap the day before, with Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto saying the plan would jeopardize Hungary’s energy security. –0–