Slovakia threatens to withhold electricity bought by foreign customers

Euractiv | Oct 3, 2022 at 9:14 AM
  • Slovakia is calling on the European Union to do something about the high profits some EU countries make when reselling cheap Slovak electricity, threatening to use it for their households and producers but at a far lower price.
  • The country has threatened to cut electricity exports to Germany and other EU countries unless its calls to change the emergency energy proposal introducing a cap on gas prices are acknowledged.
  • If Slovakia were to touch the electricity sold to other countries, it risks retaliatory measures such as the halt of the gas transit.