Thread by @GenicotD

Today, EU energy ministers are gathering in Brussels for a (last?🙏) #Energy Council with a very busy agenda 👇
They must reach a deal on the TTF gas #priceCap (so-called ‘market correction mechanism’)

"I sincerely hope that this is definitely the last energy council under the 🇨🇿Presidency. We have to agree on a mechanism which would prevent the European households and businesses from high gas price spikes as we have seen during last summer", says @JozefSikela at his arrival

@JozefSikela "I think the European households and the businesses expect from us to act and I do not see any reason not to be able to agree today", he adds

@JozefSikela Answering a question on the level of the cap, he says: "I believe that the figure will start with 1" (190€/MWh?)

@JozefSikela He is ready to use qualified majority if needed: "I would which to have unanimous alignment but my target today is to deblock the blocking minority and to have at least a qualified majority"

@JozefSikela "Any rate between 150 and 190-200 would work. I think 188 (the new number circulating) would give the right signal to the market", says 🇬🇷 minister @KostasSkrekas about the level of the gas price cap

@JozefSikela @KostasSkrekas La France est "confortable" avec la proposition de la Présidence tchèque de 188 euros, a dit @AgnesRunacher, soulignant qu'elle défendait un niveau compris entre 160 et 200

@JozefSikela @KostasSkrekas @AgnesRunacher For 🇲🇹 minister @Miriamdalli, the cap the Presidency is proposing (188€/MWh) "is a good step in the right direction". However, she added that Malta would prefer a lower one

@JozefSikela @KostasSkrekas @AgnesRunacher @Miriamdalli The answer from 🇩🇪minister Robert Habeck when it comes to the potential qualified majority vote 👇

https://twitter.com/J_Wettengel/status/1604768559984410624