Ministers from Germany and Austria have made it clear that there is “no alternative” to ending their dependency on Russian energy and becoming energy independent as Russia shuts down pipelines.
Habeck also noted that European countries could be in for months of interruption in energy supplies but assured that no one would freeze as a result of interruptions this coming winter.on the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for ten days, claiming the halt was due to annual maintenance work. However, Minister Habeck stated that EU countries should be prepared in case Russia shut down the pipeline permanently.
“I can promise that we will do everything we can to avoid private households being without gas,” Mueller said and added, “We learned from the coronavirus crisis that we shouldn’t make promises if we’re not entirely sure we can keep them.” To reduce the impact of a possible shortage of Russian energy supplies the European Union has called on Germany tobut the German leftist coalition government has rejected the proposal and will go ahead with plans to close the plants by the end of the year.
A senior EU commissioner has once again told Germany to delay shutting down its nuclear power stations as the climate-crazy government sees its popularity fade.
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