Former Polish official: We will have problems with heating houses due to government recklessness

WORLD, Jul. 23 (YPA) – Poland may face coal shortages despite plans to increase extraction by domestic mines, Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has  said.

“The decision on a ban on importing Russian gas was taken at one moment recklessly and ill-considered,” he told Wirtualna Polska.

He believed that the Warsaw decision could have made sense if it had been taken by all the countries of the European Union.

“These countries have also made the decision on banning the import of the Russian coal, but the ban will take effect on August 15th. We took it in one moment and pushed the Polish businessmen who trade coal to great losses. Of course, coal is used to heat houses as well.”

Poland had previously announced a total ban on the import of Russian coal, which had a serious impact on the market and price of coal.

The price of a ton of coal at private suppliers is currently about $640. For this reason, the Polish Ministry of Climate and Environment has abolished all demands for the quality of coal used for heating for 60 days.

E.M