Describing as “unjustified and unacceptable” the decision by Russian gas giant Gazprom to suspend gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria because of their refusal to pay in roubles (the Russian currency), the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said, on Wednesday 27 April, that she was working closely with the Member States to develop a European response.
“It comes as no surprise that the Kremlin uses fossil fuels to try to blackmail us (...) Our response will be...