EU Council live: Leaders debate emergency measures for energy crisis
EU heads of state and government are meeting in Brussels on Thursday to try to reach a consensus on how to curb high energy prices and make sure Europeans can weather the economic storm ahead.
Leaders will consider the latest package of measures proposed by the European Commission which includes joint gas purchases and a dynamic cap for transactions at Europe’s benchmark, the Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF).
The other main topic for leaders to discuss will be how to protect the bloc’s economy, hit hard by high energy prices.
Countries are also expected to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine following a virtual address by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and EU-China relations as President Xi Jinping’s leadership was renewed for a third unprecedented third term.
Here are the latest updates from the EU Council summit.
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EU ambassadors agree to impose sanctions on entities supplying Iranian drones to Russia
Ambassadors agreed on Thursday morning to freeze the assets of three individuals and one entity responsible for drone deliveries to Russia.
Russia has used the Iranian-made Shahed-136 so-called suicide drones in recent weeks to target Ukrainian infrastructure, including power stations.
Kyiv has called for more sanctions against Tehran.
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