Energy prices

The EU should “identify the few big ideas that can propel our economic and industrial base,” says Bulgaria’s Eva Maydell.

The upcoming legislation sets up a clash between Brussels and EU capitals eying a post-war return to cheap Russian energy. 

The numbers are unlikely to cause any dramatic change in thinking at the European Central Bank.

Paris and Berlin have been at loggerheads for years, but things are at last looking up.

But the seventh consecutive cut may still not be enough to revive European economic fortunes.

The U.K. wants to use an energy security summit next week to showcase its net zero push. Trump’s America just wants to sell fossil fuels.

Friedrich Merz’s new administration promises tax cuts, energy price reductions and a blitz of public-private investment funds.

EU officials had hoped to catch Trump’s interest with offers to buy more American gas. Here’s how they hit a wall of bureaucracy and disinterest.

Downing Street is worried about rising energy bills. Every option for bringing them under control could bring political pain.

Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz wants to subsidize German industry. Other European governments worry about unfair competition.

Saving and greening European steel mills is now a key part of the EU’s defence strategy.

EU steelmakers, facing steep decline, want Brussels to intervene to give them more access to scrap metal. Recyclers aren’t happy.

The bloc’s 27 leaders will meet on March 20 to discuss competitiveness and economy.

The Commission president promised to pull off seven political feats by March 10. Here’s how she did.

He levied sweeping tariffs on key trading partners Mexico, Canada and China early Tuesday morning.

Countries like Germany have pushed for a more flexible approach, complaining the targets could raise gas prices.

The strategy is a response to mounting competition from China and the U.S. and argues Europe can win on green technology.

One German aluminum factory decided to go green and close its smelter. The EU faces a similar choice, with Europe’s future at stake.

No growth on horizon for Europe’s biggest economy.

Without long-lasting and widely available storage, Europe will struggle to solve its energy price conundrum.

Pro-atomic countries are optimistic that center-right winner Friedrich Merz can help ease the EU’s never-ending nuclear spat.

One of the world’s most climate-ambitious governments is about to fall, replaced by a likely chancellor who says green policy went too far.

A draft of the Clean Industrial Deal obtained by POLITICO reveals EU plans to drive climate-friendly manufacturing.