Macron: France agrees with EU countries to buy natural gas to calm down prices

Xinhua News Agency, Paris, September 5th (Reporter Xu Yongchun) French President Macron said in Paris on the 5th that France agreed with the EU countries to buy natural gas together to obtain lower prices.Faced with the energy crisis, he called on the public to change his behavior habits.

Macron said at a press conference on the energy crisis on the same day that "the solution is in our hands", such as "adjusting the heating smaller" in the cold weather.

He called on EU countries to strengthen unity in natural gas and power supply.He revealed that France was preparing to transport natural gas to Germany, and during the peak power consumption, France needed electricity produced by Germany.

Macron also said that the upper limit of the price setting of Russia's natural gas.If the European Commission decides to set the upper limit of natural gas prices purchased from Russia through gas transmission pipelines, France will support this measure.

Recently, the European energy crisis has continued to ferment.Analysts believe that the EU, which relies heavily on Russian energy supply, has a huge reflux effect on Russia's sanctions, which has led to Europe to fall into the dilemma of energy supply and continuously push up European natural gas and electricity prices.

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