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Polish prime minister Mateus Morawiecki blamed high electricity prices on the bloc’s carbon Emissions Trading System (ETS) (Photo: Council of the European Union)

EU leaders: No agreement on energy prices

EU leaders failed to agree on how to respond to the ongoing problem of high energy prices at Thursday's (16 December) European summit.

After two rounds of negotiations lasting for hours, leaders finally gave up on plans to adopt a joint statement on energy late last night, with member states disagreeing over the causes of the surging prices.

Since the summer, natural gas prices all over the globe have spiked. European countries rely on imports to fulfill their gas needs.

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

Polish prime minister Mateus Morawiecki blamed high electricity prices on the bloc’s carbon Emissions Trading System (ETS) (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.

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