Spain’s Sanchez, Southern European Leaders Demand Changes to Gas-Cap Plan

Southern European leaders demanded changes to a European gas price cap proposal, underscoring the growing rift between the continent’s partners as they struggle to tackle an energy crisis.

The leaders from nine Mediterranean countries, including France, Greece and Spain, will work on a ceiling that is effective in limiting price spikes, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez told reporters. Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Slovenia, Croatia and Portugal also participated in the meeting of leaders in the Spanish city of Alicante.