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Benjamin Lakatos: Less regulation and more innovation

At the end of the year, energate once again asked leading figures in the energy sector to summarise the past year. In his contribution, Benjamin Lakatos, Chairman and CEO of MET Group, focuses on the persistently high European energy prices and the reasons behind them. At the same time, he shows how the energy transition in Europe can also lead to economic success.

12/22/2025

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MET Group Advocates For Europe-Wide Energy Bank

When Benjamin Lakatos speaks, energy people listen in Europe and increasingly farther afield. Recently Lakatos, chairman and Group CEO of MET Group, has been speaking out strongly in favor of a European energy bank to correct some of the chaos which often convulses European energy markets and leads to general instability.

11/27/2025

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Executing annual contracts means taking a risk every year?

The European gas market is no longer reminiscent of the pre-Covid world: it is characterised by permanently high prices, continental purchasing competition and completely transforming trading. Márton Szépfy, CEO of E2 Hungary, speaks about why Europe is at a competitive disadvantage and what consequences the LNG-based procurement model has for the players of the European and Hungarian economies.

11/26/2025

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MET Group’s Digital Transformation strategy focuses on people, process and data

Q&A with MET Group’s Chief Digital Transformation Officer, Thomas Bodé, on how people-first process design, structured data governance and real-time insights are enabling the company to scale trading operations and navigate Europe’s evolving energy landscape.

11/17/2025

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Swiss trader MET Group triples 2025 LNG cargoes, eyes global expansion, executive says

Switzerland-based energy trader MET Group has almost tripled its LNG cargo import volumes so far this year and expects stronger growth in the coming years as it prepares to expand outside Europe to capitalise on growing global demand for the super-chilled fuel, a top executive told Reuters.

11/13/2025

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EU ‘energy bank’ idea finds a champion in quest to curb market volatility

The EU's gas and power markets should benefit from a new European energy bank to reduce market volatility, Benjamin Lakatos, the CEO of energy company MET Group, told MLex in an interview. Such a central bank-like institution could stabilize price swings with tools — including liquidity injections and circuit breakers — not available in energy markets today.

10/10/2025

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Are domestic entrepreneurs ready for the green economy? "Speeding up approval processes and stable regulations are key"

“It is crucial that entrepreneurs understand that the green economy is not just a cost, but also an opportunity for long-term competitiveness”, emphasizes Mario Matković, CEO of MET Croatia Energy Trade.

10/9/2025