our t contributor rachel morrison has put the following together for us. french protesters hit the streets here in paris over the weekend, and absolutely freezing sub 0 celsius temperatures because well, protesting vigorously is probably far cheaper to keep warm than sitting at home and turning on the heat these days. here in europe. and marchers don't seem to have any problem. identifying those responsible for their energy was pointing the finger at nato and tipping their brace to european commission. president ursula vander line by chanting. ursula, shut up, flavio filippo. the leader of the populace sovereign to slip athletic party, who routinely speaks in favor of a strong, independent france. explain just how bad things are right now for the average french citizen calling for an end to europe sanctions against the block. so an energy supply from russia and denouncing them as a hindrance to peace. there is no good. there are still many battles to be fought are countries in the situation of economic collapse and our demands are very simple to withdraw from the single european electricit

i'll see contributes a rachel morrison tells us more looks like we're seeing the 1st signs of a shift and public opinion on weapons supplies to keith actually impacting on the behavior of a western government. so there may just be hope for democracy yet. maybe italy's prime minister, georgia maloney's rightly coalition was elected largely on a populist domestic agenda. maloney immediately went gaga for ukrainian president vladimir zalinski all over twitter as soon as she was elected. but her coalition partners aren't on the same page. our position is clear, we feel that peace negotiations are needed at this time. countries like the u. s. continue to supply the ukrainians. i don't think this is the priority at the most powerful weapon. a woman diplomacy, not myself and warheads. i'm counting on no more talk of sending weapons but of sending diplomats. so what do italians? what? well, you think that would be the only thing that really matter if you are running the country of, you know, italy mainly, they want to be able to pay the bills for their basic needs. amid rising energy and infl

will make it harder to secure the much needed energy source. years to take no party contributor rachel morrison. while the ink is even dry on this new gas price kept struck to day and already the hungarian foreign minister is sounding the alarm on more potential tinder, being added to this total dumpster fire of bad policy that the block has created for itself. it's too bad that doesn't keep us warm here in the you because everything would be all set. so have a listen to the hungarian foreign minister. what he had to say. the price come to be introduced to natural gas is bud harmful and dangerous, but it's still being introduced despite this. so today it's another big bottle with brussels now hungry knows what it's talking about. when it comes to price caps, they tried imposing a cap on gasoline and diesel prices just in the past year. specifically to protect hungarian households in the run up to the countries parliamentary elections in april. and they ended up having to nick, sit earlier this month. why? because foreign companies cut their fuel shipments to hungary, causing supply shortages. n

i've also been asked to step down amidst the investigation as cross to all to contribute to rachel morrison. for more details on this now re to lovely, to see you what exactly all the allegations in brussels and just how serious this is, collection scandal for the you itself. while the blast radius of the scandal seems to be growing by the day, the belgian prosecutor's office treated the hollow grounds of the european parliament like a giant crime scene this week. seizing tech equipment to prevent data sensibly from potentially vanishing. meanwhile, right wing politicians who have been accused by the e. u in the past of using corruption allegations as a political sledge hammer in an effort to marginalize them are now having a pretty good laugh and pointing out how all this is directly touching darlings of the e u establishment and not a bunch of price european union loves to give lessons to the entire world. it would do much better to start cleaning its own house. the european parliament is not a transparent institution and support for socialists like eva kylie, exposes the values of the eu

condemn western attempts to manipulate the commodity markets in that regard. artie contributor rachel morrison offers her thoughts not only ish. so the european union has finally decided i $60.00 barrel ceiling for russian oil. now i guess european commission president and de facto, i'm elected queen of europe. ursula vander line can brag about how europe is united for ukraine, together with our partners. we stand united and firm in our opposition to rush us, atrocious war. yeah, well that's your didn't take very long. wagner line also tweeted that the price, capital, quote, help us stabilize global energy prices, benefiting emerging economies around the world. sure. or it could spike prices in deregulate everybody's economy. and our particularity of benefits, europe, that really is having a hard time paying the energy bills. now that take cut itself off of cheap russian gas, but not sure what planet she was schooled on in market economics. but former us treasury secretary, steve minucci and certainly doesn't agree with the idea of a price cap when he called it unfeasible last month. and quote

waste brought into around primarily from iraq and other countries. years to take a rt contributor rachel morrison for years now. washington has been upset by the idea that iran could use this nuclear energy program to make a nuclear weapon. and washington as routine, we use that potential to justify economic sanctions against iran and to turn it into an untouchable prior for western allies like those here in europe. we're actually really keen to do business with around the camp because the us section where you've got to wonder, what's the point of all the western henry over iran nuclear potential. when there's another country that has nuclear warheads in the region, israel and yeah, for the emerald city. probably. yes them as well as saudi arabia ever dies in the u . s. cell has been trying to sell nuclear technology to saudi arabia since at least 2012. that doesn't seem to bother them in any way. but it's israel that 1st planted its flag in the middle eastern nuclear arms race. but notice how washington never talks about israel knew you'd hardly even though that they have the. so if i time for i

alix: rachel morrison and maria tadeo, wonderful reporting from both of you. coming up we talk more about simone tagliapietra joining us for more on the gas cap agreement. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> that is a silly number for a bunch of politicians to do right at the edge of winter. we are down pricing today at 110 euros per megawatt. we see that easily doubling. it is one thing to have a price cap, it is another to have a supply problem. the global gas market is not broken up into individual companies. it is not limited by destination restrictions and where lng goes. guy: ed morse, citigroup global head of commodity research. speaking of the number we got of the price cap at 180 euros megawatts we got from eu energy ministers. simone tagliapietra with bruegel aisbl. what is that going to do in terms for europe and price? kokou: simone: this number is lower than many expected or could expect with countries that have been traditionally against our signing off on this agreement. in all transparency, the impact of these measures is very difficult to be understood. t

our european correspondent is in london, a great to have her on set and were joined by rachel morrison who leads coverage of gas and power in europe, joining us on set as well. this is the test, a walk me through how we are set up going into this test and how big a test it will be. >> a lot of this is normal. we use gas in storage for winter, that's why we have it. we look at how quickly it gets depleted and we are seeing some kind of uncertainty in china with traders energy, worried about how cold it will get and for how long. next week what's interesting is the extra test is that wind drops. those are the points in europe where we will see the issues, particularly on the power grid. in france and the u.k. we are seeing next week looks tight because we have very little wind. if one of the french nuclear plants are another powerstation has an issue that we could see those warnings happening. we are seeing today as well the german regulator warning people are still using too much gas. less, but not that 20% level. it is quite a precarious position and we have enough gas in storage but h