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EU faces battle to keep energy prices from tanking economy

FILE - A woman pushes her car to reach a gas station, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022 in Nanterre, outside Paris. Strikes in the French refineries of TotalEnergies group continued Friday, heavily disrupting fuel supplies. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File) FILE - Pipelines and tanks are pictured in a gas terminal Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022 in Obergailbach, eastern France. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Jean-Francois Badias, File) FILE - Solar panels are installed at a floating photovoltaic plant on a lake in Haltern, Germany, on April 1, 2022. Leading up to Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022's start of a key summit, the EU's executive Commission will present a blueprint on Tuesday that needs to reconcile the yawning gap between those who want to impose a common gas price cap to keep prices down and those who think it will primarily keep out supplies, further starving industries and businesses. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - A group of diners have a drink and candle lit dinner at Brasserie Surrealiste in Brussels, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, during a simulation of dinner without using energy. Leading up to Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022's start of a key summit, the EU's executive Commission presents a blueprint on Tuesday that needs to reconcile the yawning gap between those who want to impose a common gas price cap to keep prices down and those who think it will primarily keep out supplies, further starving industries and businesses. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Fridays For Future climate activist holds portraits of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a protest demanding an energy embargo to Russia and the stop of the war in Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 22, 2022. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File) FILE - A painting showing the Nord Stream pipelines is displayed on a container near the Nord Stream 1 Baltic Sea pipeline in Lubmin, Germany, July 20, 2022. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. The EU's executive Commission will present a blueprint on Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022 that needs to reconcile the yawning gap between those who want to impose a common gas price cap to keep prices down and those who think it will primarily keep out supplies, further starving industries and businesses. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File) FILE- An employee pushes bread rolls into one of the gas heated ovens in the producing facility in Cafe Ernst in Neu Isenburg, Germany, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Andreas Schmitt, head of the local bakers' guild, said some small bakeries are contemplating giving up due to the energy crisis. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) FILE - From left, Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Netherland's Prime Minister Mark Rutte and French President Emmanuel Macron arrive for an EU Summit at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Oct 7, 2022. European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies do not further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. At the same time, they need to keep all 27 members united in their opposition of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)