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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU energy ministers reach agreement on gas price cap

Jozef Síkela, the Czech minister chairing the talks, and Robert Habeck, Germany’s minister for economic affairs and climate action, in conversation in Brussels
Jozef Síkela (left), the Czech minister chairing the talks, and Robert Habeck, Germany’s minister for economic affairs and climate action, in Brussels on Monday. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPA

EU ministers have agreed a plan to cap the price of gas, ending months of argument over how to handle the cost of soaring energy prices after Russia cut gas supplies to Europe.

“Mission accomplished,” said the Czech minister for trade and industry, Jozef Síkela, who chaired talks between energy ministers, adding that negotiations had not been easy.

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