๏ธ๐ช๐บ The Guardian: European governments have discussed imposing a bloc-wide tax on energy companies, with near-record fuel and gas prices putting pressure on leaders ahead of elections in eight EU countries next year, with Germany's Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil calling on the European Commission to propose taxation models by next month, while blaming the future state of oil companies "blaming the situation above" $100 a barrel.