rise more than 600 percent this year and experts fear the EU will experience a full-blown crisis

Brexit Britain is heading for a showdown with the EU over sanctioned Russian gas( Image: Getty

BRUSSELS( Reuters)-Maltese lawmaker Roberta Metsola secured overwhelming support to become president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, making her the first woman to hold the post for 20 years. Metsola succeeds Italian socialist David Sassoli in the mainly ceremonial role presiding over the 705-member parliament of the European Union, after he died this month aged 65. Metsola, of the centre-right European People's Party( EPP), defeated two other female candidates, winning 458 of the 616 vali

The ruling German coalition government attacked the European Commission’s plan to classify nuclear as a green energy source in its long-awaited “ green ” taxonomy proposal that was finally revealed over the weekend.... In a press conference, Berlin’s spokesperson said:" We consider nuclear technology to be dangerous.... However, gas must not be included in the taxonomy ”....

Soaring energy prices across the bloc as a result of Russia's tightening of gas supplies have left countries scrambling to diversify their energy sources.... Analysts have suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin tightened supplies in the hope to speed up the certification of his new Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which will transit gas from Russia into Germany, bypassing Poland and Ukraine. But Germany suspended certification in a move likely to anger Mr Putin. Now, countries are pushing to ge

EU leaders today will debate their response to soaring energy prices, which have exposed familiar

Leggeri, who was attending the meeting, was not immediately available for comment. The EU's anti

over its place in the EU internal market by January after breaking off talks with its biggest trading

Congratulations:( From left) Ayob Khan, Eu, Abdul Wahab and SAC Shanmugamoorthy are among those

Congratulations:( From left) Ayob Khan, Eu, Abdul Wahab and SAC Shanmugamoorthy are among those