The energy ministers of the European Union, meeting in Brussels, agreed on Tuesday to reduce their gas consumption in a coordinated manner and thus fly to the aid of Germany, after a new drastic drop in Russian deliveries.

„It was not an impossible mission! Ministers reached a political agreement on reducing gas demand in anticipation of next winter,” the Czech EU Presidency announced on its Twitter account.

The plan, proposed last week by the Commission, has been radically revised, but its main principles are preserved.