EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy

FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen waits for the start of a round table meeting at a NATO summit in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, June 29, 2022. The EU’s executive arm pledged an emergency plan this month to help member countries do without Russian energy amid the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine.

“We are preparing emergency plans for Europe,” von der Leyen said in the Czech town of Litomysl, where she marked the start of the country’s six-month stint as holder of the rotating EU presidency. “Energy prices are high. People -- rightly so -- expect us to do something about it.” “We need a good, common plan that the energy flows, or the gas flows, where it is needed most,” von der Leyen said.

“Energy prices are suffocating our economy,” Premier Petr Fiala said alongside von der Leyen. “This is our biggest test for the coming months.”

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