Borrell admitted that Europe may need more Russian gas

Europe's need for Russian gas is greater than the current contracts for its supply, said the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell in an interview with the newspaper El Pais.

So he answered the question of what is Russia's responsibility for the shortage of gas that Europe is facing, and whether Brussels sees this as an attempt by Moscow to exert pressure.

“Russia wants the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to work in order to take advantage of the situation. This is an approach that is part of the political pressure game. We still need Russian gas, and we probably need more than the amount provided for in the contract,” he said.

He sees a way out of the current circumstances in not negotiating gas on behalf of individual countries, but in negotiating on behalf of the entire EU, as was done with respect to vaccines from covid-19 . “We are facing an emergency. And the problem of gas supply has a geopolitical dimension,” he said.