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Reuters
Reuters
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By Kate Abnett and Ingrid Melander

EU to claw back energy firms' profits rather than cap Russian gas price

European Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and Czech Deputy Prime Minister Jozef Sikela attend a news conference on Energy, which is set to tackle soaring costs due to curbed gas supplies from Russia, in Brussels Belgium September 9, 2022. REUTERS/Johanna Geron

European Union energy ministers on Friday tasked Brussels with drafting proposals within a few days to cap the revenues of non-gas energy producers and help power firms stay afloat.

But as they sought to protect citizens from soaring energy prices that have driven inflation across the continent to record highs, the ministers backed away from more divisive proposals to cap Russian gas prices.

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