EU Defends Gas Price Cap Proposal After Country Criticism
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"We have seen progress," Mitsotakis said during an event at the London School of Economics, saying that while discussions remained private, the reunification of the sculptures could be a "win-win solution".
athens guided tour has campaigned to have the "Elgin Marbles", as they are often known - 75 metres of Parthenon frieze, private day tours in Thessaloniki greece 15 metopes and 17 sculptures - returned from the British Museum since they were removed by British diplomat Lord Elgin in the early 19th century when he was ambassador to the Ottoman Empire then ruling Greece.
But gas price caps have split the 27-country bloc.
While Italy, Spain, Belgium, Malta and Greece criticised the proposed cap for best day trips from Thessaloniki being too high or unlikely to ever kick in, countries including Germany and the Netherlands are sceptical of capping gas prices - warning that this could deter suppliers from sending much-needed gas to Europe.
However, the draft, leaked from the Office of Environment, Parks and Heritage, best day trips athens removes the term of 'wilderness' from the title, which Mr Bayley said will enable the government to 'rewrite' the activities legally allowed in the region.
BRUSSELS, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief on Wednesday defended the bloc's proposal to cap gas prices and said countries will negotiate possible changes to the proposal, after a backlash from EU member states.
The four countries cannot block an agreement on their own. But they could if they build a broader coalition among most of the EU states that have been calling for months for a gas cap to bring down high market prices.
Mr Bayley said that the changes showed a lessening of the state government's commitment to protect the area, shown through the removal of the pledge included in the previous management plan to 'strive to maintain the property and leave it in as good or better quality than it was found'.
The disagreement weakens the EU's response to an acute energy crunch, related to Russia's war against Ukraine and driving record-high inflation in the bloc, which now faces a new recession before it has had time to fully recover from the COVID pandemic.
Otherwise, athens guided tour they would not agree to a whole package of measures up for approval, which also include launching joint gas purchases by the bloc and speeding up permitting procedures for renewable energy sources.
The four countries told a meeting of national envoys to the European Union that they wanted a comprehensive proposal on the cap from the EU's executive European Commission before Nov. 24, according to four diplomatic sources.
After months of infighting among EU countries who disagree on whether to cap energy costs, the European Commission last week proposed a price cap that would kick in if the front-month Title Transfer Facility gas price exceeded 275 euros per megawatt-hour for two weeks and was 58 euros higher than a liquefied natural gas reference price for 10 days.
The EU proposal came under fire from countries in favour of a gas price cap to reduce citizens' high energy bills - with Poland's energy minister calling the proposal "a joke" and analysts suggesting it was designed with such strict criteria that it would never be used.
BRUSSELS, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Belgium, Greece, Italy and Poland on Friday threatened to block a new set of European Union steps to alleviate an acute energy crunch because they are angry that a gas price cap is not among detailed proposals, Thessaloniki airport to city taxi cost diplomats said.
EU gas prices have soared this year as Russia slashed gas deliveries to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, although even a record-breaking price spike in August would not have triggered the EU's proposed cap.
'The label is central to Tasmania's identity. If the Wilderness zone no longer has protection, that is an attack on the brand. We actively promote ourselves with that label, it's on everything,' he said.
