European Union ministers were trying again on Monday to finalize a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price cap that they hope can help households and businesses better weather excessive price surges.
Germany's Climate Action Minister Robert Habeck speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU energy ministers in Brussels, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. During an emergency meeting of EU energy ministers on Monday, ministers will discuss a lower cap on Russian gas prices as the cold of winter sets in. –
The 27 nations have stuck together through nine rounds of sanctions against Russia over the war in Ukraine and energy-saving measures to avoid shortages of the fuel used to generate electricity, heat homes and power factories. “I think that the European households and the businesses expects from us to act and I do not see any reason not to be able to agree today," Síkela said.
Asked about his Czech colleague noting that a qualified majority vote, with Germany potentially being outvoted, would be possible, Habeck replied that “this would of course be an undesirable result.” He said that Germany has a “special responsibility to solve the problem” and pointed to its inauguration on Saturday of its first liquefied natural gas, or LNG, terminal.
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