{"id":14513,"date":"2026-04-13T22:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/eu-member-states-must-coordinate-on-energy-prices-von-der-leyen-says\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T22:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T22:33:07","slug":"eu-member-states-must-coordinate-on-energy-prices-von-der-leyen-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/13\/eu-member-states-must-coordinate-on-energy-prices-von-der-leyen-says\/","title":{"rendered":"EU member states must coordinate on energy prices, von der Leyen says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1300814\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"first-img article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                                                                    <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/von_der_leyen_reuters-320x200.jpg?v=1776081172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"600\" class=\"picture-main-block-image\" data-nxsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/von_der_leyen_reuters.jpg?v=1776081172\" alt=\"EU member states must coordinate on energy prices, von der Leyen says\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/von_der_leyen_reuters-960x600.jpg?v=1776081173\"\/><br \/>\n                        <\/source><\/picture>\n<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on April 13, 2026. [Yves Herman\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The European Union\u2019s member states must coordinate on energy prices amid a 22 billion euro ($25.70 billion) increase in fossil fuel bills since the start of the Iran war, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re also looking into \u2026 \u2060coordination of member states\u2019 gas \u2060storage filling to avoid that many member states go to the market at the same time,\u201d \u200bvon der Leyen told reporters \u2060in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we will coordinate oil stock releases, to achieve the largest possible effect, and \u2060we will ensure \u200cthat \u2060member states\u2019 emergency measures will not impact the single market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The EU Commission is planning to publish proposals \u200bfor energy price measures on April 22, to be \u200cdiscussed by EU leaders at their informal summit next week.<\/p>\n<p>Separately the EU\u2019s executive arm will present an electrification strategy before the summer, \u200bvon der Leyen said as she stressed the need for structural measures to lower energy prices as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are paying \u200ca \u200bvery high price for our global dependency on fossil fuels, and the grim reality for our \u2060continent is fossil fuel energy will \u200cremain the most expensive option in the years \u200bto come,\u201d von der Leyen said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strategy to decarbonize has \u200cnot \u2060only \u2060been confirmed in the last years, but \u200bis growing in importance day by day,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>[Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/economy\/energy\/1300814\/eu-member-states-must-coordinate-on-energy-prices-von-der-leyen-says\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrives at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on April 13, 2026. 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