elizabeth bona also showed up at work a few days ago in a down jacket, as did the minister of energy agnes pena. alina she, at this rate, by mid month, they'll be pretending to stick it to vladimir putin by coming in to work in a tuk gloves and ear muffs. meanwhile, the european business lobby just wrote to each commission, president ursula vander line, sounding the alarm on energy prices and their impact on businesses all across the block. the current state of high gas electricity prices best. the imminent risk of production losses and shut downs of thousands of european companies. that's a real danger that businesses and in particular, energy intensive industries relocate outside of your permanently or should be finding ways at e u level to mitigate the impact of crippling energy prices. faced by european business is a matter of survival. that doesn't really sound like something that seasonal fashion choices can fix. the international energy agency is now saying that a 13 percent reduction of gas use is necessary. but on friday the you could only manage to agree to 5 percent reduction. german