Italy’s Meloni Says It’s ‘Too Early’ to Tap Russian Gas

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said it was too early to consider tapping Russian gas despite the Iran war driving up energy prices and squeezing supply.

“I keep hoping that when the problem might come up in earnest, that is in January 2027, we’ll have been able to make progress in bringing peace to Ukraine,” Meloni told reporters in Verona Tuesday. “We mustn’t forget that the economic pressure we have exerted on Russia is in the end the strongest weapon we have to build peace.”