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French Finance Minister: Do not accept 4 times the price of US natural gas, can not let it dominate the global energy market through the conflict between Russia and Ukraine；

Observer Network News) Following the French President's complaint that the sky-high price of natural gas in the United States "hurts the feelings of friends", according to French media LCP, BFMTV and other reports on the 10th, French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno LeMaire (Bruno LeMaire) also said recently, It is unacceptable that the price of liquefied natural gas sold by the United States to the EU is four times that of its own domestic market, and that the United States cannot use the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to dominate the global energy market. BFMTV described this scene as "Le Maire's roar."

The U.S. used the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to "make a fortune" at the time of the European energy crisis, making more and more EU countries bluntly dissatisfied with this "taking advantage of the fire." Germany's "Munich Courier" website reported on the 7th that German Deputy Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Protection Robert Habeck also named the United States, sharply criticizing: "Some countries, even friendly countries, sometimes drive up prices."

According to French media LCP and other reports on the 10th, when French Finance Minister Le Maire delivered a speech in the National Assembly on Monday, he accused the United States of taking advantage of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict to sell natural gas to Europe at high prices to make huge profits and harm the interests of its allies.

He said that the United States cannot be accepted as a partner, but the price of liquefied natural gas sold to the EU is four times its domestic price, and the United States cannot use the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to dominate the global energy market. weakened and ended.”

Le Maire also said that the weakening of the European economy is not in anyone's interest and that the United States and Europe must achieve a more balanced economic relationship on energy issues. In the report, BFMTV called the speech scene "Le Maire's rant".

Not long ago (6th), French President Emmanuel Macron also shouted to the United States and Norway at an event in Paris, saying that his behavior of selling energy at high prices when allies are in tight energy is not the "true meaning of friendship" between Europe and the United States.

He said European countries should join Asian economies in asking the United States and Norway to sell gas at lower prices to show a deeper friendship between them.