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The European Union (EU) is worried about rising energy prices. An EU body the European Commission countries to reduce their use of gas and electricity to control prices. The EU's Energy Commissioner, Dan Jorgensen, said: "We are a price crisis linked to a supply crisis." He said using less energy could to keep fuel prices down. He added that people to use less because supplies are limited. He to the fact that gas storage in Europe is only 68 per cent full. Mr Jorgensen said any action to energy prices should be "well targeted" and "temporary". He asked countries to their energy demand until the situation .

In particular, Europe worried about diesel supplies and prices. Diesel is essential for farming, construction, shipping, logistics, and other industries. Higher diesel prices the cost of the food we . The EU a lot of its diesel. Around 50 per cent of its diesel imports are from the USA. The European Commission is worried it might not able to import enough of the fuel from the USA. In the past week, President Donald Trump has about banning exports from the USA. He said: "Let's not out the diesel." He added that he was about a ban "very seriously". EU leaders more European-produced clean energy so that they can less on imported oil and gas.