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"Feverish" deliberations in Brussels, with the second day of the EU summit underway.
According to reports, the draft conclusions that were made public yesterday, Thursday, have been changed and a new version of the text has been released today, which tries to take into account all the individual amendments and interventions that have been made.
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Indicative of the tension was the moment when the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, left the room in anger to, as he put it, "clear his mind". "Very good! I'm going to get some air and clear my mind and if you have something new to tell me, say it," Sanchez said, addressing the other leaders.
According to reports, a new text of an agreement on the energy crisis, which has not satisfied many EU countries, was distributed about an hour ago.
The Spanish government is calling for a temporary intervention in the market and a cap on the price of energy, which is opposed by many European countries, notably Germany and the Netherlands, who warn that limiting the price of gas on the wholesale market and compensating electricity companies for the difference would mean distorting the European electricity market.
According to Cadena SER and El País, the tension was such that Sanchez got up and left in a huff because of leaked conversations from the meeting and because he was accused of threatening to veto the council's conclusions, according to France24 reporter Dave Keating. In fact, Sanchez, according to El País, read this message from the journalist himself to explain to the other leaders his anger.
Half an hour later, everyone returned to their seats to continue the meeting, from which an acceptable proposal for both Spain and Portugal could emerge, since the Commission would agree to "evaluate" the adoption of "temporary emergency measures for electricity".
The European Commission wants, according to the France 24 correspondent, to ensure that these measures serve to "reduce electricity market prices for companies and consumers" and that they "do not affect trading conditions".
The Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, for his part, reiterated the proposal on the need to impose a cap on the price of gas and address the pass-through of gas prices to the electricity market and consumers.
Source: Proto Thema
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