EU leaders have said they are making progress with joint plans to lower power costs across the bloc, despite signs that divisions remain over how to tackle the region’s energy crisis.
At the end of a two-day informal summit in Prague, Italy’s outgoing prime minister, Mario Draghi, an early advocate of a region-wide cap on gas prices, told reporters that “on energy, things are moving”.
Czech prime minister Petr Fiala said energy ministers would hold “as many councils as it takes” to fill in the gaps left by wide-ranging proposals that include ideas such as joint talks with suppliers and a delinking of gas prices from electricity prices. The European Commission is expected to come up with detailed measures within weeks.