The European Union imports 40% of its gas from Russia and many countries do not support the embargo.
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Published on 03/07/2022 03:32 PM Updated on 03/07/2022 03:35 PM
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Fossil energy imports from Russia are “essential” for the “daily life of citizens” in Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Monday, March 7. “The energy supply of Europe for the production of heat, mobility, electricity and industry cannot at present be secured otherwise,” he insisted in a written statement from the Chancellor.
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Europe “intentionally”, recalled Olaf Scholz, excluded energy supplies from Russia from the first rounds of sanctions against Moscow, because this measure would destabilize the markets and would have too much impact on the European economy. Germany is among the countries in the European Union that are particularly dependent on imports of gas, oil and coal from Russia, and the government is “working diligently with its partners in the European Union and beyond to develop alternatives to Russian energy,” the German Chancellor said. “But this cannot happen overnight,” he said.
The European Union imports 40% of its gas from Russia, and many countries do not support the embargo, in the interests of which Moscow is deprived of its main income. Without Russian gas, there will be a “real problem” next winter, Katherine McGregor, Engie’s general manager, told France Inter on Monday. She proposed accelerating “biomethane and renewables” to no longer depend on Russian gas.
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