Correspondent in Brussels
The question of expensive energy has been under discussion for a year between the Twenty-Seven.
No major progress at this stage.
At the request of the Heads of State and Government who will meet at the end of the week in Brussels, the Commission presented its proposals on Tuesday aimed at bringing down energy prices and preventing them from spiraling again in the spring when the storage needs to be filled in view of winter 2023-2024.
In the absence of consensus on the gas price cap, the European executive has chosen to temporize, risking the wrath of the fifteen countries, including France, who judge - without agreeing on the way to proceed - that it is urgent to relieve households and businesses.
Faced with these capitals, Berlin, The Hague or Luxembourg oppose a "niet", arguing that capping prices could jeopardize future supplies.
The Iberian model, supported by Paris, which consists of reducing gas prices to lower that…
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