Jurnalul National criticises the fact that the parties forming a government in Bucharest are currently debating the abolition of Romania’s energy ministry:
“The situation can only be saved by massive additional electricity imports from Romania and Ukraine or by supplying gas via alternative routes – but then at a much higher price. In Bucharest, on the other hand, there are discussions about abolishing the energy ministry at a time of huge tensions on the regional energy market, which are set to increase because the energy price is no longer to be capped in future. … The transport routes through Ukraine, a complex legacy from the Soviet era, are being phased out – and are now being brutally exploited in a hybrid war in which the Russians are the masters.”