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29 October 2026
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Council of the European Union European Council
Follow its sittings00:39 - 01:08
Speaker 1
So, good evening everyone and welcome to this press conference following the first meeting of the Energy Council under the Irish presidency. We're joined here by Darragh O'Brien, Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Timmy Dooley, Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment with special responsibility for the Marine, and Dan Jørgensen, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing. So I'm first going to give the floor to Minister O'Brien, then Minister Dooley and then the Commissioner. Minister O'Brien.
01:08 - 01:56
Speaker 3
Seo go raibh maith agat, Pádraig. Good afternoon everyone and Dan, I'd like to thank you and the member states for a really productive first meeting of the Energy Council under the Irish presidency today and a sincere thank you for your engagement today. This morning we had a very constructive first discussion on the network charges proposal. The ongoing conflict obviously in the Middle East is a stark reminder that EU electrification is an economic and security imperative. The network charges file will help accelerate our EU-wide electrification agenda and will help make Europe the world's first electro-continent.
01:56 - 03:37
Speaker 2
Its goal is to help us optimize the use of new and existing grid infrastructure. We had a very open exchange this morning and we are certainly going to take on board the views of member states as we move this proposal forward to the December Council meeting. It's important that we agree on the real impact that this could have for our citizens and our ambition, as I said, is to reach a general approach on network charges at the December Energy Council. I'd also like to point to the importance of the European grids package to the EU's electrification agenda.
We need to deploy grid infrastructure to realize our ambition for a more electrified, a more efficient energy system, which will put downward pressure on prices borne by our citizens and our businesses. Negotiations with the European Parliament on the Grids Package are well underway, and we do intend to reach final agreement under our presidency. We also had a valuable exchange of views on energy security, with a view of looking at the upcoming winter in particular, but beyond that too. And I was really glad to have Darren, the Moldovan Minister for Energy, that he accepted the invitation of the Irish presidency to join the discussion today, and for him to present to member states and colleagues around the experience in Moldova and the risks that they are enduring every single day of the week and every week of the year. Regrettably, our Ukrainian Minister, Denis, was not able to join the meeting because of Russian attacks against Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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