António Costa, President of the European Council (left) embraces Nikos Christodoulides, President of Cyprus. | European Union (European Council)
Europe’s heads of government are set to meet in Cyprus to focus on energy prices, compelled by a sense of urgency on many fronts. Nacho Alarcón, correspondent in Brussels, reports on the energy outlook as well as the debates around EU Article 42.7, Hungary’s veto of credit for Ukraine, and the start of budget negotiations in a European Union that appears to be entering ‘emergency mode’.