EU Leaders Fight Over Car Rules and Energy Costs

A big meeting of European leaders turned into a long argument about how to handle climate rules and expensive electricity.

Leaders from countries across the European Union met this week for a summit, but things did not go smoothly. Instead of quick agreements, the meeting turned into a three-hour fight over how to tax car emissions. At the center of the drama was António Costa, the President of the European Council. His handling of the meeting reportedly upset many of the other leaders. There were clear splits in the room, making it hard to get any real work done. The group had two main problems to solve. First, they argued about whether to weaken rules on car pollution. Some countries want to relax these rule…