The government and the plan against the energy crisis
Chances are increasing that the European Union will extend sanctions on Russia to include energy after the escalation of the crisis and that European politicians will want to hit Moscow harder in hopes of persuading it to end the war against Ukraine. terrible wrote the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, on April 8. Action is needed: more sanctions against Russia and more weapons for the EU come from the EU. The fifth package of EU sanctions has just been passed.
What happens in a scenario that no longer includes Russian gas and oil? The Italian government is keen to find other countries to import energy commodities, and indeed Prime Minister Mario Draghi will be in Algeria on Monday after Eni’s CEO Claudio Descalzi has flown several times to the African country from which we already source gas. But the times are not immediate, and especially the billions of cubic meters of Russian gas that we use every year are not easy to replace.
What will we do until we succeed in replacing Russian gas? We’ve been hearing about reducing consumption for a month. The spontaneous and nonstatutory initiatives have already been seen: administrations turning off the lights of monuments or public buildings, anticipation of turning off the heating in some cities. But now a national government plan is under consideration. Here’s what other signs of austerity are coming from the government and what’s expected as the only certainties so far remain temperature readings at public offices.
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