Council of the EU

Poland says it will ‘strongly oppose’ any move to ‘illegally deprive’ Budapest of EU funds.

The mostly symbolic move presses the EU to take more aggressive action.

Yet the EU’s executive arm will also open the door to a compromise.

‘The goal is clear: to keep the EU market free from products made, extracted or harvested with forced labour,’ says EU trade chief.

The Commission is under pressure for quick fixes on high prices, but there’s little national agreement on the details.

Brussels’ proposal is likely to piss off China in particular after Wednesday’s debut.

The Commission proposed 5 ways of tackling the energy crisis — here’s how countries stack up on those ideas ahead of Friday’s emergency Energy Council.

The war in Ukraine has prompted the Socialists and Democrats to rethink its trade position — critics fear at the expense of the environment.

National capitals were largely taken by surprise with the Commission announcing a package of measures to deal with Europe’s energy emergency.

Budapest agrees to postpone its demand until the next time the penalty list is reviewed.

Von der Leyen unveils 5 ‘immediate’ moves to tame EU energy prices.

EU energy ministers meet on Friday — here are 6 key questions as they act to bring gas and power prices under control.

An EU diplomat called Berlin ‘the problem’ in striking a gas cap deal.

Historic interventions planned as Europeans face winter energy crisis.

Unions fear new rules will be unevenly applied. Lobbyists fret they deprive them of face time.

There’s a growing effort by the EU and the G7 to stop Russia from earning huge profits from selling oil and gas. Moscow retaliates by shutting Nord Stream pipeline.

Gas prices are falling despite Russia’s Gazprom shutting down the Nord Stream pipeline this week, but winter worries remain.

Foreign ministers don’t want to fully ban Russian tourists but are allowing individual countries to make their own limits.

Discussions over forming an EU-level military training mission remain in their early stages. 

The EU has limited room to maneuver as governments worry about rising inflation and energy costs.

Governments are under growing pressure to curb soaring gas and electricity bills.

Lawsuit filed Sunday argues that the Council disregarded high court judgments in approving Warsaw’s plan.

Beer and meat production take a hit as fertilizer plants shut down due to soaring energy prices.