EU considers price cap extension to avert winter gas crisis

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : The commission is due to present a proposal in November confirming which of the emergency energy measures, which include the gas price cap, permitting measures and regulations to ensure that gas supplies are shared among member states, should be prolonged.
52% : It also called for a loosening of state aid rules for renewables projects and for better connections with renewable power developments in neighbouring regions to the EU.
51% : But the cap did not impact gas imports to the EU, the commission's presentation noted.
51% : "The Russian war of aggression against Ukraine also shows Europe's vulnerability due to its dependency on non-renewable energy and critical raw material imports.
46% : We have the situation in Israel and we don't know how that will affect imports from the Middle East," one EU diplomat said.
37% : Senior EU diplomats and officials told the FT that despite the fall in energy prices and EU gas storage being at record highs, supplies this winter could be affected by the Israel-Hamas war and potential acts of sabotage to gas infrastructure.

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