Gas price cap on the verge of a breakthrough

The disagreement was so great that the energy ministers might as well have gone home, said Czech Council President Jozef Síkela yesterday after the Council meeting. What he meant was the dispute over the Commission’s proposal on the gas price cap on Tuesday. In the end, there was a compromise: The Council reached an agreement on the content of the two laws on joint European gas purchasing and on faster approval procedures for renewable energies.