If there’s a lesson to learn from Putin, it is in the value of governing in your national self interest.
Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, has now asked for financial aid from the state, but a nationalization might bear political risks for the Greens due to ongoing lawsuits against the closure of coal plants.
Authorities “prepared for new protests.”
“[This] is an attack on us.”
“[Putin] is doing what was to be feared from the beginning.”
Seen as climbdown
“Long-term solutions.”
“but it amounts to little more than political timewasting”
Energy crisis.
Energy and housing up 17.4%
Amid spiralling cost of living and fuel costs, Energy and Transport Minister Eamon Ryan has expressed the view that the war in Ukraine is primarily responsible for the problem.
According to Eurostat, the European Union only produces 42% of its energy needs within its own territory, highlighting the bloc’s severe energy dependence. As per the most recent Eurostat energy report, in 2020, the EU imported 58% of the energy it consumed from outside the Union. ⚡⬅️In 2020, the EU imported 58% of the #energy […]