The Moldovan Parliament voted on Friday, December 13, 2024, in favor of declaring a state of emergency for a period of 60 days. The reason? Fear of an immediate threat to the security of its citizens ahead of the planned shutdown of Russian gas flows.
Russian gas is currently arriving in Moldova, a landlocked country located in the northeast of the European Balkan region, via Ukraine, its neighbor. However, the gas transit agreement concluded between the giant Gazprom and the Ukrainian company Naftogaz is due to expire on December 31, 2024. kyiv has repeatedly stated that it has no intention of extending the contract.
The state of emergency will allow the country to apply a series of measures aimed at preventing and mitigating the threat posed by insufficient energy resources. Cutting off Russian gas supplies could cause a humanitarian crisis as well as risks to the functioning and stability of the country’s energy sector.
Moscow has already declared its readiness to continue supplying gas to Europe via Ukraine. The cessation of gas deliveries via the latter means that the European Union will lose around 15 billion cubic meters of gas per year, which is equivalent to around 5% of its total imports.
As for Moldova, this winter was to be the last in its history to be held hostage for questions of energy supply, in the sense that the country should succeed in freeing itself from its dependence on the energy giant by connecting to the Romanian electricity network.
How does all this interest us, we Tunisians? Essentially at the price level while the compensation bill is increased by that of gas. The bottles we use are subsidized by 76%, while the price of gas used by vehicles is sold 54% cheaper than its real price.
Since the start of the year, the market price has fallen by 13.07%. Investors are heeding efforts to try to maintain flows through an exchange with Azerbaijan. This could change in the coming weeks if an agreement is not reached at the last minute.
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