Price level "only issue left" for EU agreement on gas price cap, Czech minister says

European Union countries are close to reaching an agreement on a gas price cap, but still need to agree on the level of the price ceiling, Czech Industry Minister Jozef Sikela said on Tuesday.

"There will be only one open issue for the discussion on Monday and this is the price level triggering the mechanism," Sikela told a news conference after a meeting with EU ministers.

"I think we are almost there but now we need to get together and show that unity is not an empty word."