Europe still 'far from finding a compromise’ on the gas price cap, Polish PM tells Euronews

The EU is being rocked by a scandal at the heart of its European institutions. As Russia's war in Ukraine is showing no signs of slowing, critical decisions need to be made for European citizens. 

Amongst all this, concrete resolutions to Europe's energy crisis remain elusive to EU leaders.

In an exclusive interview, Euronews spoke to Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki in Brussels on Wednesday. We began by asking for his thoughts on the so-called Qatargate scandal, with the alleged bribery of EU officials, including a European Parliament vice president.

"I was quite shocked", Morawiecki revealed. "I hope that the rule of law is going to be back to the European Parliament and all those scandalous behaviours are going to be explained."

While political drama unfolds in Brussels, EU ministers again failed to make headway in discussions over dealing with the bloc's energy crisis, despite months of talks. The Polish PM told Euronews that he doesn't expect to see a breakthrough any time soon.

"I see that some countries which have to deal with this crisis -- from the point of view of the prices of gas, prices of oil -- do this in a very, very selfish way", Mateusz Morawiecki said. "They do not see [the] bigger picture. They do not see the impact of the natural resources and the prices on Ukraine in direct impact, because fuelling the Russian war machines should stop as quickly as possible." 

"Poland was always one of those countries, one of those very few countries, which were the most radical in terms of increasing big sanction packages very quickly, because we were of the view that the sooner we are going to really address the Russian war machine, the sooner the peace and good peace is going to be back in Europe."

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