ASSESSMENTS

How the EU Is Responding to Its Latest Energy Crisis

Mar 26, 2026 | 18:11 GMT

Cars drive past a gas station in Ponte Leccia on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on March 26, 2026.
Cars drive past a gas station in Ponte Leccia on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica on March 26, 2026.

(Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP via Getty Images)

While Gulf oil and gas supply disruptions are driving higher and more volatile energy prices in Europe, EU-wide market interventions remain unlikely, leaving a fragmented patchwork of national relief measures that will only partially shield households and industry, and although Europe will avoid physical shortages, high prices will continue to weigh on industrial competitiveness and economic growth. ...

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