Gas prices up again for first time since 2022: Which countries are paying more?
Prices are now the highest on record but this time tax hikes are to blame.
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Prices are now the highest on record but this time tax hikes are to blame.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/12/gas-prices-up-again-for-first-time-since-2022-which-countries-are-paying-more
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00:00Gas prices in the EU have gone up again, why is that?
00:08Gas prices have reached a new peak.
00:12In the second half of 2024, they surged to an average of over 12 euros per 100 kilowatts,
00:19the highest price on record and a nearly 12% increase from the same period last year.
00:26It's the first time that gas prices are rising following the 2022 energy crisis
00:33sparked by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
00:38Eurostat says the spike is mostly driven by tax hikes following the rollback of earlier alleviation measures.
00:47Looking across both EU and extra-EU countries, there's a significant disparity in gas prices.
00:53Sweden, for example, faces the highest one, while Georgia, Turkey, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Romania are paying the least.
01:05None of these countries, except for Croatia and Romania, which boosted domestic gas production, have cut Russian gas supplies.
01:14If adjusted, however, to local purchasing power, figures tell a slightly different story.
01:22Portugal and Italy are paying the highest gas price, followed by Sweden.