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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

DARK SECRETS: Eu split over subsidies for coal plants as poland seeks extension - The Real Truth

Gdansk port
Poland is heavily reliant on coal, and uses the fuel to create 70% of its energy. Photograph: Mateusz Słodkowski/AFP/Getty Images

EU nations have failed to agree on new plans for energy supplies across the bloc after a bid to extend subsidies for coal burning power stations was blocked.

EU energy ministers meeting in Luxembourg ended talks without a joint stance on the rules that also seek to avoid a repeat of last year’s energy crisis, when record-high gas prices left consumers with soaring energy bills.

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