Gas, Rome-Moscow voltage sale. Cingolani’s reply – Economics and Finance
(Teleborsa) – “Rome is driven to economic suicide by the Euro-Atlantic sanctioning frenzy”, and the result will be that Italian companies will be “destroyed by the ‘brothers’ from overseas”, since American companies today “pay seven times less for electricity than Italian ones”.
Yesterday, the words of the spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry thought to raise the bar of tension between Rome and Moscow Maria Zakharova, according to which “sanctions have become an unfair competition tool” against the Italian producers. “When Italian businesses collapse, they will be bought cheaply by the Yankees,” she added.
A tight ride the reply from the Minister of Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani has arrived: “the logic of a representative of a totalitarian state who thinks that something can be imposed on a state. Imagine if Italy can follow someone’s orders “, he told ‘Il Cavallo e la torre’ on Rai3 replying to the accusations made by Moscow. “We are working to ensure that the sacrifices for the Italians are minimal”.
Regarding the energy savings plan released yesterday: “This is a fairly quiet plan, not a draconian one. “We are talking about making savings. We have to explain them,” he said: a campaign is being prepared for this.
The words coming from Moscow have also infuriated the European Commission, whose speaker explains that no time is wasted in commenting “the madmen of Russian personalities”. Brussels stresses that “there is excellent cooperation between the EU and the Member States on the energy issue”, and “countries together to respond to the challenges created by Russian actions “.