« Romania risks a major shock from July 1 ». What does it refer to

MEP Dan Nica asked on Wednesday, the executive vice -president of the European Commission, Stéphane Séjourné, to take urgent measures to avoid a seizure, in the context in which Romania, together with Bulgaria and Greece, faces the risk of energy isolation from the rest of the European Union, in the absence of Austria and in the absence of Hungary.

« I want to draw your attention to a very serious situation, which is about to happen in Eastern Europe. Romania, Bulgaria and Greece are disconnected from the European Energy System, because an interconnector between Austria and Hungary is missing. (…) Romania risks a major economic shock on July 1, » said Dan Nica, according to a press release.

During his intervention, Dan Nica, the leader of the PSD delegation in the European Parliament, said that this measure to eliminate the limitation of the price of electricity « will have an impact with potential devastating for the Romanian economy. »

« The first offers that appeared in Romania show this: industry: 250/260 euros – megawatt per hour, and this is the hope for the best price. For domestic consumers – an increase even twice and a half of the electricity prices. For the industry, the prices are five times higher than five years ago. Do you, as vice -president of the European Commission, together with the other commissioners, so that we can have an economy that can overcome this shock from July 1? With potential devastating for the Romanian economy, but also for the simple people who will be unable to pay their energy invoices ”, said Dan Nica, in the European Parliament.