ieExplains: What are EU countries doing to counter energy price rises?

Customers return to the pumps at the Circle K service station in Blackpool. Picture : Noel Sweeney

The European Commission will set out plans on Wednesday to cut electricity taxes as it seeks to reduce the price impact of the Iran war and to coordinate the refilling of countries' gas storage ahead ​of the increase in heating demand later this year.

Below are some of the measures deployed so ‌far by European Union governments since the disruption caused by the Middle Eastern conflict, which erupted at the end of February, began driving up energy prices.