People walk near Berlin's Brandenburg Gate on the day a new law to save energy nationwide goes into effect on Thursday. The new law includes a wide variety of temporary measures, like banning the illumination of landmarks and regulating temperatures in public and private venues, to save electricity. These are a response to inflation and lower natural gas and other energy supplies from Russia.
"If Russia completely turns off the spigot this winter, there won't be enough gas in Europe," French Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne told the influential group this week."There is no immediate alternative source to plug that hole today." The French government says the only way to avoid a crisis is to substantially reduce energy consumption for the next six months. Every business will be required to have an"energy sobriety" plan in place to cut consumption by this fall. More details will likely be announced following President Emmanuel Macron's emergency defense council meeting today to address the energy crisis.
France is actually in better shape energy-wise than many other countries, says Pierre-Louis Brenac, an energy consultant with SIA Partners who advises utilities across the European Union, United Kingdom and Middle East. "Some of our neighbors are way more exposed, like Germany and Italy," he says."For two reasons: Not only are they more exposed to Russian gas" — he says, referring to how much of the fuel they import from the country —"but they use much more gas in their energy mix than we do in France."
It is a self-assumed unreal notion that Russia's war is about EU integration. Russia is out to rescue its fellow people from the clutches of EU and this factor unites the EU more. Russians are not dumb to think otherwise. It is common sense.
Nobody anticipates over-stressed EU states falling apart but increasing internal dog fights and political wrangling is so visible. EU in a self-destructive mode is inching toward a major upheaval after the winter on economic, social, and political levels.
Gee. It’s almost like there is a concerted effort to crush the most affluent, stable nations and make them ripe for crappy solicialist hell auditions.
I don't think that's Russia, it's called 'Thaz cold' + 'common sense' Ppl wouldn't complain if it seemed a practical alternative was in place in advance.
Fear the winter
They better hope Gazprom doesn't carry on too long with their natural gas charade, or Europe is going to be unified around trashcan fires as winter approaches.
If the Europeans break, they’re going to be Russian. Just saying.
Europe should never have been dependent on Russian gas. don't they know that russia can't be trusted? he always breaks his word. ask Ukraine.
Better hurry up with those solar panels, winter is coming…
whatif
The U.S. should further increase its gas and oil exports to Europe to further displace Russia's market share there and support our European allies, as I argued some time ago
Putin fails to understand the more he attacks the EU, the more united & stronger will become!
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