On the 21st local time, the EU Autumn Summit concluded in Brussels, Belgium. The participating EU leaders reached a consensus on a number of emergency energy measures, but there are still serious differences on the overall energy policy.
At the summit, EU leaders reached consensus on a number of emergency energy measures and the "temporary price cap on natural gas used for power generation".
However, due to the firm opposition of Germany, the Netherlands and other countries, there are still big differences on the key issue of whether to limit the price of imported natural gas at this summit.
The EU said that it will continue to study the issue of "price caps", and the energy ministers of EU member states will also meet again in the near future to discuss this issue.
In addition, Hungarian Prime Minister Orban revealed during the summit that the EU has agreed that Hungary does not need to participate in the EU-level joint natural gas purchase plan, and the gas supply contract that Hungary and Russia has signed will not be affected.
Hungary will be exempt even if the EU eventually decides to cap the price of imported gas.
The outside world generally believes that behind the partial consensus on the energy issue reached at this EU summit, there are more inherent differences within the EU.
(Source: CCTV News Client)