The energy crisis brings the Twenty-Seven closer together despite tensions

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The Nord Stream gas pipeline facilities in Lubmin, northeastern Germany. HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/REUTERS

It is now up to the Czech Presidency of the EU to identify the lines of convergence in order to allow the Commission to put some successful proposals on the table next Tuesday.

Correspondent in Brussels

Crucial meeting this Friday in Brussels where the European energy ministers meet. On the menu: the energy crisis and the emergency measures that would allow the Union to get through the winter without a major shock and without continuing to see the bill soar while energy prices have been panicking since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Squaring the circle then. “I imagine ministers will say save, save, saveenergy, underlines an EU diplomat. “Messages will be passed to reassuresays another, purposely recalling that 83% of gas storage capacity in the EU is now filled, and 94% in France.

The tracks presented on Wednesday by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will of course be on the menu of the meeting. Starting with the levies on the superprofits made by energy companies in the nuclear and renewable sectors, but…

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