EU energy ministers will try to break the impasse at their council meeting on Tuesday (25 October), after EU leaders told them to hammer out the details of a possible price cap last week.
A compromise is nevertheless only expected at a likely extraordinary meeting in November, EU officials said.
EU leaders last week tried to reach a deal on how to control the price of gas, but the technically difficult task will remain on the ministers' table.
The same day, the European P...
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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.