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EU Ministers Meet on High Energy Prices

EU energy ministers are meeting to address soaring fuel prices and energy security as the winter heating season begins. Conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine have disrupted supplies and driven wholesale gas costs higher.

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FILE PHOTO: European Commissioner for Energy Dan Jorgensen and European Commission Executive Vice-President for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera (not pictured) hold a press conference addressing the Iran war and its impact on EU energy security, in Brussels, Belgium April 22, 2026. REUTERS/Omar Havana/File Photo

EU energy ministers will meet on Thursday to discuss energy security and soaring fuel prices as conflicts in Iran, Ukraine, and Yemen disrupt global supplies. The emergency talks come ahead of the winter heating season as refinery damage and shipping bottlenecks drive up costs for Natural Gas and Brent Crude Oil to triple pre-war levels.