EU energy ministers are meeting today to decide on emergency measures to counter rising energy prices. For the Czech presidency, it is already the third extraordinary Council meeting: „And I’m not sure it will be the last, as the situation is not necessarily improving,“ a senior EU official told Europe.Table. A letter to the EU Commission in which 15 member states call for a gas price cap caused a stir in the run-up to the meeting. Paris also wants the cap, unlike Berlin. France’s President Emmanuel Macron is less open to the MidCat pipeline, which in turn Chancellor Olaf Scholz approves of. In her column „What’s Cooking in Brussels“ this week, Claire Stam takes you on a ride on the energy carousel.