EU’s Long Path to Climate Deal on Display in Orban-Rutte Spat

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The leaders of Hungary and the Netherlands sparred Wednesday over whether Europe’s skyrocketing gas prices are driven by the European Union’s ambitious climate change policy, asign of how difficult it will be for the bloc to reach consensus.Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban slammed the European Commission’s plan to reduce carbon emissions on Wednesday, a day when gas prices spiked as much as 40% with tradersspooked by limited supplies.