in ukraine and moldova, as well as the prospects for applying for membership of the european union for georgia, we see that we saw all the challenges and we had to unite our efforts and make decisions , and we see that we reinforced all our efforts, we increased we see sovereignty in europe more than ever because this is such an idea that came from france a few years ago, but now we see that our views coincide, we and all these technologies e-e within the framework of preserving sovereignty in particular and its energy sovereignty, we are strengthening we are making progress within the framework of 6 six months, we have accepted or canceled various er challenges, in particular

er climate change, as well as er fighting deforestation through deforestation we also accept appropriate taxes that will help us er reduce emissions by 20%. therefore, thank you all. thank you to all the institutions for your powerful contribution. of course , we will not overcome everything that lies before us, and we have been working for the last few days so that social europe can see what steps are being taken to increase the minimum payments. minimum wages in europe. the european commission also actively works under such conditions and sends its employees to the best experts. thank you for the results of social work

. to compare and implement, therefore, as mrs. president already said, we already have key stages, especially regarding the presence of women in leadership positions, this is important, the new coalition will make it possible to make progress in this aspect. we are also talking about digital pro digitalization is about the fact that we strive to regulate hypoconcentration on the main players within the framework of europe, the first general provision on the protection of personal data, we have only started to take the first steps, the first correct steps within the framework

competitiveness when we talk about such digital giants yes, when we talk about the sovereignty of europe, when we talk about the shelter policy of europe, it is also a gradual approach, a very large and ambitious package we received from the european commission and we we support, but we also strive to carry out such a strategic plan step by step, you see what a challenge we are, and it is also necessary, especially the reception of foreign citizens. we must ensure freedom of movement and also expand the strategic world map in the next few days and also increase investment in

defense, defense, defense potential, all this forms a strategic complex, which is strengthened and supported by german leaders, and those issues will also be discussed during the actions madrid, we will direct our efforts to attract as many sources of energy as possible to diversify e-e supply protect our public market is meant e-e warlike climate provoked by russian aggression e-e we provide our neighbors we thank them for this progress they have made with partnership with africa for the last six months, we will also have to meet with the african union in february to

rebuild new methods, fears of important fears, such as the lack of food security, as well as other issues, in particular , financing, and in the end, europe cannot have such power if it does not serve its allies, its neighbors, their needs, so when we talk about the ninth of may, when ours was launched, we know that france supports er protection of er europe of the allies and we will continue to continue to promote these visions of ours in the european council of europe we strive er we strive to contain the war to do everything possible so

that the war does not spread to other territories of europe and therefore i think we er can move on a wider the political context therefore. i thank all the european institutions and our team in paris for the great work they did. i know that today they expressed their gratitude to me, but all this is the work of a large team and not only me, not only our ministers, but many representatives of our team of permanent permanent representative offices, as well as people who, er, constantly work in paris. thank you all for your dedication, er, for your work in such a short period of time, especially in the last two days, er, to all colleagues. thank you for also thank you to the prime minister of

of the czech republic and thank you and wish him all the best, especially at the press conference in madrid. thank you . this is how we choose the issue of gas, we talked about the fact that there will be such response measures in july, but we understand that in a few days or weeks, the measures that you are currently preparing

will have an impact, because russia is actively promoting its actions or whether we will be able to overcome the issue of gas before winter and so we have been developing er all our prospects not only for the last two weeks but for the whole year in fact we are now seeing all possible er ways to fill our storages so speaking of that that we will not be able to fill our gas storages, the chances are very small, because the member states of the european union have either partially or completely given up russian gas, or partially we do. we hope for the best but prepare for the worst because at the beginning of the year we we saw the threats coming from

russia intensifying, and that is why we sought to develop sanctions even then and also worked on within the framework of our energy union from the perspective of reducing the supply of russian gas, therefore, eh. this is important work . important work that must be continued. e stoppages of russian gas supply had a big and bad impact on e common european market and neighboring markets but when we talk in e-e when we talk about smart energy saving technologies we want them too transfer to the whole european e-e market because if you see that we can reduce the supply of spare parts maybe e-e in your country it will not be reflected in any way but for the market of a neighboring

country it can have catastrophic consequences so we take everything into account we see we have such a general overview of the whole picture and in detail we are preparing potential measures that we can use that will be reflected within the framework of each country of the union, so we are also talking about energy solidarity, we see that we have energy from various sources, i am also talking about the fact that we see a general trend that we are already refusing any fuel supply from russia, we have our reliable partners , partners from the east, partners from the usa, that is why our e-e network and cooperation e network within the framework of gas pipelines and the like we strive to provide everyone who will be in need with gas supply when we talk about

france, i have already explained the energy security strategy of russia uh, not france anymore so dependent on russian gas as we were before. therefore, now our strategy includes diversification of sources of income, yes, our markets are integrated within the framework of energy markets, they are all mutually coordinated and interdependent , if we must together fight the problem of gas supply as part of that, as part of the rejection of the russian volume, this is how we adapt our strategy, we see that russia provides and will only use electricity and energy as much energy as we reasonably need hoping we should do everything to make our markets

function so that we also expand and falsify gas supplies from other countries therefore european coordination is the highest priority we will strengthen our efforts increase our efforts without reducing the share of gas from which all it still depends on other countries from the side of russia regarding the issue of energy, it is important to understand because what will happen to the cost of the question to madam president, you received a mandate from the european council last year to investigate the range of the plug

price fork and therefore if we are talking about er july is it within the plan because you or can there be some new meeting a new summit in july so we discussed these issues in the council of europe and we also included all the remarks because during the last e -th meeting of the council of europe we discussed and worked out new models in order to stabilize the price policy for energy, but we also understand that whether the market is in such development as it is now or is it suitable for us to be as economical as possible, we understand that the market new carriers will be released, new er sources of

energy supply er, now the price is based on gas , that's why we currently have sky-high gas prices. but if we compare er renewable sources of energy supply, their price is much cheaper, so we we will put forward such and such energy carriers, we will abandon coal -fired power generation. therefore, alternative development of the market is also in our strategic perspective, so we agreed that we will discuss at the next meeting of the european council, which will take place if not i'm wrong, in october, before the end of the summer, we will already prepare various proposals and options in order to

move on to the next discussion. indeed, we had the opportunity to talk, but unfortunately not about everything, so the conclusions we made with our international partners are based on our debates. they have already been covered but we must move faster we must move and work together e-e we must jointly purchase energy also e-e look for an effective solution within the framework of energy conservation e-e we must also take logistics as a goal because the effect of the price of gas has a direct proportional effect on the price of electricity, that is why we say that the commission has expressed confidence. i also thank the representatives of france and the czech republic, because it is important who will be

responsible for coordinating the next meeting of the council of europe, we have not made any decisions about that that hold the meeting of the council of europe earlier thank you to all the institutions and the ministerial councils for sharing our vision there are still a few questions the german government is quite fragile france we understand what could be the consequences after the parliamentary elections this a question from the lack of leadership in western europe. therefore, it can be europe can be a problem within the framework of the gas issue, as well as a question for the

president. you talked about the diversification of sources, e.e. 60 billion kilometers in cubic meters of gas is a very large number, how many billions of cubic meters of gas can to expect to receive from other countries without replacing supplies from russia and also there is a blockade actually a problem of food a-a food crisis therefore where are we now at what stage in the solution of such an issue so we understand so what there is a big threat. so, hungary still blocks what we are trying to implement and implement from the side of the sanctions. yes, i agree that we need to create such a broad platform that all our

international partners do everything possible to somehow get rid of this. trap and solve this or that problem, that's why we do everything in our power, we must do everything we can, but we also rely on our partners, allies, europe must be strong diplomatically, and considering the fact that more of our governments, e.e., under reflect the democratic light that burns in every country , so we understand that uh, we understand that france is so uh, we see that there is a lack of leadership, and if we

look at the history, there have already been similar situations like that in europe, uh, this is quite common . coalition governments which er which had and so some governments will have to exercise governance will still be in the minority that is why the leaders of all countries see er the difference in views but we must find a consensus and convince each other to have a constructive majority i also want to say about that that some of my er partners er we talked about what can be done in france in order to increase the er coalition, in particular, for example in the czech republic , we must be on the alert, we must be

alert to see democracy in leadership, which is greater or to a lesser extent undemocratic, we are also talking about a crisis in the medical system. we are only increasing and strengthening the power of european leadership, we are building compromises at the european level, this is what we are really working on. it is very difficult, but we are optimistic and

determined about the issue of gas supplies, if we look at the data of last year, approximately 50 cubic meters of russian gas is needed, 50 billion cubic meters russian gas had to be replaced. we have three different approaches to do this. the first is diversification. the second is investing in energy sources and others. sources of energy supply, so when we talk about the diversification of sources, we had an agreement with the american president to increase supplies from the united states to the european union, as well as additional 50 billion cubic meters of gas will come from them, we have signed contracts, so we we see that the companies of the european union are already working and are already eager to receive additional

supplies. we need an additional 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually. i already spoke about norway and azerbaijan, they are increasing supplies by 15 and 19% respectively. everyone understands the situation that now for them this is a wonderful business opportunity in order to attract the attention of other important customers to their market, to fill the vacuum that was created by the situation with russia, when we talk about 50 billion cubic meters of gas, we we must also remember that we must save , not only take from someone er income, save, be as rational as possible in consumption, we need to reduce the er temperature we are used to by 2° within the premises, so we

we can save on such a scale , we can really drastically save because there is an important potential in such attempts, experts can talk about it in great detail, and the third point is renewable energy sources. we spoke with four eu member states that agreed agreed to develop wind stations and with such supplies , we will be able to cover the entire energy consumption of 50 million households in the european union, this is a replacement, so we can, in fact, we are very close to replacing 50 billion cubic meters gas as well as the same issue that is open to us now at that certain stage, having all these

points on our mind, we have a german platform that we started and that is why all our member countries have united within the framework of the european commission, we are working with all possible suppliers, are there any, and can we discuss other issues? we talked a lot about what the price policy for oil will be in the meantime, we understand that the biden administration has been very clear on this issue, so will we have a decision during the meeting of the countries of the great britain? sevens yes, next week there will be a meeting of the g7 countries, and one of the issues on the agenda

will be the price policy for oil, as well as the potential benefits from the social proposals , because we will take into account everything, we have a clear vision of the potential effects to make clear efforts, we are convinced that our ideas are necessary and such important ideas on the part of our partners will be implemented if we look at the supply of russian e-e oil to the european market, we see that everything only decreases by 90% in fact therefore, we understand that we will speak constructively with the countries of the g7, in particular the usa, we will accept anything, what will we accept, we must be unanimous, we must form a

coalition not only at the level of the european union, but also on a global scale and here is what we will talk about during the meeting of the g7 countries, the last question, come on. short questions, the political european community, so i understand that the western balkans will also be present there, as well as the president of the czech republic, representatives of ukraine, moldova georgia and if to other countries, what have you already thought about whether you will invite representatives of other countries as well, and by taking the same way, it will finish off the political situation in france,

because you told him that everything is no longer getting better, is it going on a normal course, uh, did you talk to your partners how difficult it is to form the majority in the parliament, as well as questions for the president, yes, mr. charles michel, do you feel that the political situation in france can slow down all efforts in europe? i have great confidence and optimism in what has already been said because there has already been such an experience, in fact, when we talk about representation and democracy, it is difficult, it is difficult to form a majority, but we understand that over the

past few months, france and europe in general have demonstrated wonderful leadership and we see success, despite all the important challenges, we, we, we succeeded to catalyze our efforts and to be on the same wave and to demonstrate our tenacity in the framework of work and cooperation on the issues that took place e-e macro at the macroeconomic level, in particular energy issues e military issues defense so the question i really have is that if we aspire to if we take into account the institutional reality political sensitivity and other uh role of uh civil society all this guarantees us guarantees strategic confidence

we must move on we must uh we we understand all the efforts that these are colossal efforts that will have to be made, but i am confident. i am confident in our national democracy and the fact that we are faced with the challenges facing us, and in russia we can hope and rely on france as on our our cornerstone of europe therefore we have uh true friendship as well as true conviction and reassurance of europe and regarding the issues that were before me we spent a lot of time uh on negotiations with our colleagues on political models and the negotiations continue also that is why our partners, uh, we don't always have us, we don't always

have the same political culture, sometimes we have different structures within the framework of the models we are developing, but within the framework of the french parliament, uh, we see that we meet hives there if we look at the representation of the parliament in the parliament of other countries where the system is more proportional, therefore, we understand these differences, but we hope for the best , as well as sometimes debates arise at the state level, because that is why the country is france