The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the Norwegian Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre, expressed their joint determination to significantly reduce energy prices in Europe on Thursday 6 October in a joint statement.
Stressing the need to “rethink and reshape energy security in Europe” in the face of Russia’s “deliberate attempts to blackmail and split close partners”, the two sides reaffirmed their joint willingness to explore “workable ways to stabilise energy markets”.
To this end, they intend to continue their dialogue through the recently established task force and commit to “jointly develop tools (...) to stabilise energy markets and to limit the impact of market manipulation and of price volatility”.
They also promise to continue their respective efforts to reduce energy demand and, in the case of Norway, to boost production.
“Promoting infrastructure investments for industrial decarbonisation will also bolster future stabilisation of energy markets”, the statement further says.
See the statement: https://aeur.eu/f/3g1 (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)