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EU leaders spent an inordinate amount of energy on Friday arguing over how best to protect voters and business from soaring energy prices.
In the end, at the close of a two-day summit that focused on Russia’s war against Ukraine, the leaders settled on an everything-under-the-sun approach that most immediately would allow Spain and Portugal to cap prices on gas and, according to their prime ministers, quickly bring relief to cash-strapped households.
Over the long term, the measures endorsed by the leaders are designed to end, once and for all, Europe’s addiction to fossil fuels supplied by Russia — an aspiration
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