Meeting in Brussels with the stated aim of concluding an agreement on the gas price cap, the ministers of the European Union Member States finally left without an agreement on Tuesday 13 December, after more than eight hours of negotiations.
The Czech Minister of Industry and Trade, Jozef Síkela (whose country currently holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council), made no secret of his disappointment after the meeting: “Last time, I was hoping to open the champagne today to...