European gas prices have risen by more than 170 percent since the start of this year - raising concerns for worsening energy poverty.
On Friday [17 September], the European Commission said it "monitored" the situation in a press conference.
The commission said that a global increase in gas demand had caused prices to spike.
But 42 MEPs, ranging from the Greens, through the EPP, S&D and Renew Europe, to ID on the right, suspect that the Russian gas giant Gazprom is manipula...
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.