EU agrees 'voluntary' 15% cut in fuel use but with loopholes for most countries, including GERMANY 

European Union countries have come together to agree a controversial ‘voluntary’ cut to its overall gas consumption by 15 per cent in the face of a Russian supply squeeze. 

But loopholes in the agreement will ease the pain for many countries and industries, including Germany, after some EU governments resisted the original proposal to impose binding cuts on every country.

Europe faces an increased gas squeeze from Wednesday, when Russia’s Gazprom has said it would cut flows through the Nord…