00:00EU energy ministers want to level prices across member states with some paying up to seven times more than others.
00:07Germany, Belgium and Denmark have the highest electricity costs, while Hungary, Bulgaria and Malta have the lowest.
00:15Gas shows even larger gaps, with Sweden paying seven times as much as Hungary.
00:21Countries like Portugal and Spain with renewables or France with nuclear have weathered the crisis better.
00:29Energy Commissioner Don Jorgensen says the block must decarbonize while reducing prices.
00:38Ministers now back faster permitting for renewables and two-way contracts to stabilize costs.
00:45The energy crisis has exposed inefficient grids and uneven investments as significant barriers to affordability.
00:54Which means that we will now finally ban the import of Russian gas.
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