Bloc chief von der Leyen’s push to part out Russian power can be deadly, Slovakia’s Milan Uhrik has warned
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen is main the EU down a path of self-destruction by trying to sever power ties with Russia, Slovak MEP Milan Uhrik has stated.
In Could, von der Leyen unveiled a plan to part out all Russian oil and fuel imports by the top of 2027, as a part of the EU’s REPowerEU roadmap, which goals to remove the bloc’s dependence on Russian fossil fuels and shift to renewable sources.
”[Von der Leyen], you’ll destroy the EU, and I’m satisfied that the EU will quickly collapse since you are doing all the pieces to make it occur,” Uhrik stated in a speech within the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Moscow has argued that EU restrictions are self-defeating, inflicting surging power costs and weakening the bloc’s economic system. Since 2022, Germany has fallen into recession, whereas progress throughout the EU has stagnated.
Brussels can be discussing an 18th sanctions bundle focusing on Russia’s power and monetary sectors. The proposal stalled after Slovakia vetoed it final week. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico argued that Slovakia was “combating for our households and companies” in opposition to “dangerous ideological choices” from Brussels. Neighboring Hungary additionally blocked the measure, warning it could cripple its power safety and spike costs.
Uhrik pressured that Russian hydrocarbons stay important for Slovakia’s industrial base. “With out them, our trade would both not operate or wouldn’t be aggressive,” he stated. He urged fellow Slovak politician Maros Sefcovic, at the moment the EU’s commissioner for commerce and financial safety, to “get up for Slovakia” on the problem.
Uhrik additionally took goal at NATO’s proposal to lift member states’ protection spending to five% of GDP by 2035. “No, thanks – that’s sufficient. We simply don’t need this,” he stated, including that Slovaks didn’t envision such a future once they joined the EU.
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