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Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said Brussels was also considering capping gas prices.<br \/>Ministers will hold closed-door talks on Monday to discuss possible measures to help alleviate price increases triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has upended LNG trade and caused unprecedented oil supply disruption.<br \/>Europe&#8217;s reliance on imported oil and gas means it is highly exposed to global price swings and no quick fixes are expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European Union energy ministers will meet to weigh up options to curb energy costs on Monday, as officials draft emergency plans to temper the impact of surging oil and gas prices triggered by the Iran war.The European Commission is drafting emergency measures to shield consumers from rising energy bills, examining state support for industries, cuts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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