Sebastian Burduja: FOR ROMANIA WITH ITS HEAD HELD HIGH

Industrial consumers from Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece are calling on the European Commission to implement a compensation mechanism for high energy prices and to put an end to the blockages imposed by Austria. I fully support this initiative because it addresses a painful truth: the lack of coherence and real solidarity among EU member states when it comes to the common energy market.

During my term, I raised this issue directly in Brussels — for the first time, and then repeatedly — helping to build a regional alliance with colleagues from Bulgaria and Greece. The problems are clear: between Austria and Hungary, the interconnection capacity could be doubled with minimal effort and political will. Even worse, there is no interconnection at all between Austria and Slovaki...