European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies don’t further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest.
BRUSSELS— At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Europe is facing its week of truth,” Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said. “This week it is hit or miss.” Even De Croo, leader of one of the most EU-embracing nations, knows there is no more time to waffle. “The time for excuses has gone. If the EU still wants to be meaningful, contain energy prices and better protect families and businesses in this energy war, it finally has to deliver,” he said.
If any prodding was needed, the International Energy Agency did it early this month by saying that “Europe’s security of gas supply is facing unprecedented risk as Russia intensifies its use of natural gas supplies as a political weapon.”
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