对于在布鲁塞尔于10月15日星期四和10月16日星期五两天内聚首的27位国家元首和政府首脑而言，能源价格已成为一个永无止境的噩梦。在他们试图简化欧盟规则、深化单一市场，以期使其公司在面对 formidable 的中国竞争对手时更具竞争力之际，飙升的碳氢化合物和电力价格抹杀了他们的努力，并助长了通胀。
For the 27 heads of state and government gathered in Brussels for two days on Thursday, October 15, and Friday, October 16, the price of energy has become an unending nightmare. As they are trying to simplify EU rules and deepen the single market in the hopes of making their companies more competitive against formidable Chinese rivals, surging hydrocarbon and electricity prices have wiped out their efforts and fueled inflation.
在中期，他们的路线图很明确。这是在2022年乌克兰入侵引发的能源冲击之后制定的：多元化能源来源，抑制需求，电气化经济以降低对碳氢化合物的依赖，利用一种高效工具——欧盟排放交易体系（ETS）设定的碳价。但就短期而言，他们准备不足且意见分歧。
In the medium term, their roadmap is clear. It was set following the 2022 energy shock after the invasion of Ukraine: diversify energy sources, curb demand and electrify the economy to reduce dependence on hydrocarbons, using a highly effective tool, the carbon price, set on the European Union's Emissions Trading System (ETS). But in the short term, they remain ill-equipped and divided.
“经济疲软。为什么疲软？能源，”拉脱维亚总理安德里斯·库尔伯格斯在抵达峰会时说。“我们将一直受苦，直到我们解决这个问题。”自伊朗战争爆发和霍尔木兹海峡关闭以来，“进口化石燃料让欧洲多花了1000亿欧元——却没有增加一分子能源，”欧盟委员会主席乌尔苏拉·冯德莱恩在10月6日表示，指出柴油价格翻倍，天然气价格飙升140%。
"The economy is weak. Why is it weak? Energy," Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said upon arriving at the summit. "We will all suffer until we solve this problem." Since the outbreak of the war in Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, "imported fossil fuels have cost Europe €100 billion extra – without a single molecule of additional energy," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on October 6, noting that diesel prices have doubled and gas prices have jumped by 140%.
到周四上午讨论结束时，27个成员国取得的进展甚微。“欧洲理事会”目前形式的“结论”未能反映能源危机的紧迫性，”希腊总理基里亚科斯·米佐塔基斯说。剩余内容仅限订阅者阅读。
By the end of Thursday morning's discussion, the 27 member states had made little progress. "The conclusions" by the European Council "in their current form, do not reflect the urgency of the energy crisis," said Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. You have 70.91% of this article left to read. The rest is for subscribers only.