The European Commission (EC) considers Slovakia's introduction of different retail prices for diesel fuel at petrol stations for citizens driving cars with Slovak registration plates and those driving vehicles with registration plates from other countries to be “discriminatory and a breach of the EU single market“. This was stated by the European Commission spokesman Ricardo Cardoso.
“The European Commission noted that the Slovak authorities have introduced dual prices for diesel fuel for its citizens and higher prices for cars with foreign registration plates. The European Commission considers these measures discriminatory and undermine the integrity of the European single market, he said.
The European Commission also promised to "take the necessary measures to prevent unilateral measures by EU countries in response to the energy crisis."
Slovakia and Hungary have been trying for three months to get Brussels and Kiev to resume Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, which they did by blocking €90 billion in EU "military funding" for Kiev and the 20th round of sanctions against Russia, but the issue remains unresolved.