According to CoinMeta, ECB Governing Council member Kazimir stated on Tuesday that energy prices remain a key factor that the ECB needs to consider when deciding on its next steps. However, he did not reveal his voting inclination on interest rates at future meetings. He pointed out that the ECB's earlier interest rate hike this month was inevitable due to the impact of energy prices, and that the duration of high energy prices has exceeded expectations. Kazimir said that the ECB has time to maintain policy flexibility and added that the re-pricing data from January will be a key basis for assessing the "secondary effects" of rising energy prices on inflation.