"In Ursula von der Leyen's view, the energy systems of the European Union and Ukraine need to be interconnected because this would improve the community’s supply," highlighted Oliver Hortay on social media. The head of the climate and energy policy division at Szazadveg Research Center raised the question: How exactly?
Ukraine’s electricity grid is in ruins, and despite large imports, power outages are frequent.
Gas storage facilities are nearly empty because EU traders are unwilling to take the risk of storing their reserves there. Gas transit has ceased, and Ukraine's leadership regularly uses oil transit as a tool of blackmail. According to Oliver Hortay, it is absolutely clear that Ukraine is already doing far more harm than good to the EU’s energy security, and full interconnection would only worsen the situation.
"Moreover, from both an energy and economic perspective, the community is in no position to take on additional burdens," he added.
