European commissioner for energy talking on Austrian radio
Elsewhere EU Commission spokesperson Sabine Berger says that gas supplies are currently stable
- EU is working on a solution that could help Ukraine pay for its energy supplies
- expects Russia to respect gas supply commitments to EU and Ukraine to respect transit commitments
And:
- German econ ministry sees no reason to fear that German natural gas supplies should be reduced because of the Ukraine crisis
The stand-off continues, and doesn’t look like going away any time soon