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Heads of 27 countries continue to look for ways to impose a cap in case of big price increases

European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany and France

Lawmakers from two junior governing parties have slammed plans for Chinese shipping company Cosco to take a major stake in the operator of Germany's biggest container terminal

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that Russia’s war in Ukraine must not lead to a “worldwide renaissance” for coal

Russian forces have hit anew industrial and energy facilities in central Ukraine, pressing with attacks on infrastructure

European Union leaders head into a two-day summit with opposing views over if and how the bloc could impose a gas price cap to contain the energy crisis caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its strategy to choke off gas supplies to the bloc

Russian President Vladimir Putin is using energy and hunger as weapons but has failed to break the West's unity and will not achieve his war aims through scorched earth tactics, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Thursday.

France's President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday that he was working hard to repair strained ties with Germany and to preserve the alliance underpinning EU unity. His remarks come after a regular Franco-German summit was postponed until January when Berlin indicated that it needed "more time" to find common ground with…

The French and German governments have postponed a meeting planned for next week until January, officials said on Wednesday, after what sources told Reuters were divisions including over energy policy and defence.