Electricity prices in the Visegrad region are now among the highest in the European Union.

Omissions

• The exact claim that Visegrad electricity prices are 'among the highest in the EU' does not appear in any source found; the sources confirm the described fact (the V4 ministers' concern over high energy/electricity prices at their Bratislava meeting), not the ranking.
• No source found specifies which electricity price indicator is meant (household prices including/excluding taxes, prices in purchasing power standards, industrial prices, or wholesale/day-ahead prices); the ranking differs substantially between these metrics.
• Eurostat's latest official figures (H2 2025) put Ireland, Cyprus and Germany at the top of household electricity prices, which does not support a blanket statement that the Visegrad region is among the most expensive for households; Hungary in particular has regulated household prices that are among the EU's lowest, a context the speaker omits.
• The corroborating sources are news reports of the ministers' meeting (19 October 2026) published just before the session, not statistical evidence of a price ranking.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — Electricity price statistics (Statistics Explained)"As depicted in Figure 6, electricity prices in the second half of 2025 were highest in Ireland (€0.2552 per kWh), Cyprus (€0.2429 per kWh) and Germany (€0.2264 per kWh)"; also "Household electricity prices increased in 17 and decreased in 10 EU countries, in the second half of 2025, compared with the second half of 2024."
• SecondaryEuronews — Visegrad Four urge Brussels to ease Russian energy phase-out rules"The group is calling on Brussels for more funding to cope with the end of Russian energy imports in 2027, amid high electricity prices"
• SecondaryXinhua — V4 countries urge flexible use of EU funds to support (energy prices)"Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Sakova said the four countries want to explore the use of EU Cohesion Policy funds to help address high energy prices"
• SecondaryEuropean Commission — Commissioner Jørgensen in Slovakia to discuss energy prices and security with Visegrad Energy MinistersCommissioner Jørgensen travelled to Slovakia to discuss "energy prices and security with Visegrad Energy Ministers" (meeting held in the week before the 21 October 2026 plenary session)