I'm off the rest of this week for a quick break (great timing I know!). Follow my amazing colleague Alexandra Brzozowski for all the latest on the European Council and I'll be back reporting from Luxembourg next week!

🔴 LIVE: Given the current geopolitical and security situation in Europe, we urgently need to ensure that our critical infrastructure is secure and resilient.

Press conference Commissioner Ylva Johansson on critical infrastructure resilience. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Main elements of the Commission's new proposal to tackle high energy prices and ensure security of supply explained here
ec.europa.eu/commission/pre…

The European Commission's Ursula von der Leyen, Kadri Simson and Mairead McGuinness are about to propose the EU's new package of measures to tackle high energy prices and security of supply. You can watch here:
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1

Accidentally wrote 1930s instead of 2030s in an article I'm drafting. Totally know what century I'm in ...

The European Commission will present a new package of measures to address high energy prices and ensure security of supply today at 15:30. Here's our latest on what could be in it:
euractiv.com/section/energy…

Just read a reference to the March 2022 Versailles Declaration on reducing EU energy dependency. How was that only seven months ago?

Top stories of this week:

Anti-nuclear Austria 🇦🇹 files legal challenge to EU 🇪🇺 green investment rules.
By Kira Taylor
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Just managed to go back in time. Passed one neighbour and said 'Bonsoir'. Passed another and said 'Bonjour'. I really think I'm aceing this whole speaking French thing 😂

Post-moderation icecream and pancakes

Romania to cover Moldova’s electricity deficit caused by Russia bombing ift.tt/TYvRMcf

EU to move forward with joint gas purchases, details next week: Czech presidency. By Aneta Zachová (@EURACTIV_cz). euractiv.com/section/energy…

#TRILOGUE | 💰 The first trilogue on the social climate fund has just started. Financial support to vulnerable households and businesses is key. We have to ensure nobody is left behind when achieving the goals of the #FitFor55 package.

#SCF #EU2022CZ

Mother and daughter died of CO poisoning in Wilrijk close to Antwerp after they lit a BBQ in their flat, looking for a lower cost heating solution.
#energycrisis
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#TRILOGUE | Good evening, the climate week in trilogues continues! This time with the second trilogue on emissions and removals from land use, land-use change and forestry 🌳.

#LULUCF #Fitfor55 #EU2022_CZ

With calls for a price cap on gas, pressure is increasing on Brussels to simultaneously protect and break the EU’s energy market.

By Kira Taylor in this week's Green Brief. euractiv.com/section/energy…

Energy commissioner Kadri Simson and Czech minister Jozef Síkela are about to hold their press conference after the informal meeting of energy ministers in Prague. You can watch here:
audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/ebs/live/1

❗️🇩🇪🇳🇱 have called for joint purchasing, more demand reduction and boosting renewables as ministers meet in Prague to discuss high gas prices and consider a price cap on gas. All the details + the non-paper here 👇
euractiv.com/section/energy…