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MNI POLITICAL RISK ANALYSIS-Week Ahead 19-25 December

Editor’s Note: The next Political Risk Week Ahead will be published Monday 9 January. We wish all our readers a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

All timings subject to change.

Monday 19 December:

  • European Union: EU energy ministers meet in Brussels in an effort to try to reach a final agreement on a gas price cap. Divide between states such as Germany and the Netherlands in favour of a higher cap to avoid potential risks to energy security, and others such as Poland, Romania, and Croatia supportive of a lower cap to aid households and businesses. Deal would also unlock a wider group of measures intended to curtail high energy prices. At last week’s EUCO summit leaders discussed a cap of EUR160-220/mwh, well below the EUR275/mwh proposed by the European Commission.

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