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EU gas solidarity complicated by lack of fuel sharing deals
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Mr Kipling
Did they even think through the repercussions of the US /NATO sanctions? Now their alliance is falling apart.
A simple fact.. You cannot successfully sanction a country whose products YOU need to survive.
wallace
The EU has 447.7 million inhabitants.
Laguna
Bronco, drop the sanctions and the 450 million citizens of the EU can look forward to which country/countries Russia will invade and try to annex next. Citizens of the Baltic states are not so sanguine.
John-San
After Russia invaded Ukrain in 2014, 8 years ago the EU were told you better get off Russian energy. They ignored the warnings. Has the old saying goes “caught inside without a leash.”
Tom San
What?!
The EU isn't "sharing"???
How horrible!
Eastman
Kate.
EU have imposed sanctions against Russia,seized russian funds in euro.
Russia is asking own clients to pay in rubles as payment will go thorugh instead of euros as payment will not go through and will be seized.
Eu have choice.Either pay in rubles as requested by seller/there is no gas for free/or will not pay in rubles.If they are not able to pay in rubles will get no gas.
Its very simple.
EU leaders wants to cut own countries from russian supplies of oil and gas-its their goal.So Russia doing so step by step.
Is anything wrong with it?
EU leaders are very smart and sure will find better prices of oil and gas somewhere else/according to their words/.So EU citizens have nothing to worry about right?
Now lets talk true about EU politicians stupidity...
itsonlyrocknroll
Either the European Union is a Union or it isn't, solidarity amongst equals, with a balanced compensation scheme.
Where Germany is concerned former Chancellor Angela Merkel Government is responsible.
Mr Kipling
Angela Merkel was the voice of reason, the one who didn't want Ukraine to be "forced" into NATO by the US. She wanted no part of the proxy war we have now.
Axel
The gas solidarity scheme is actually a bailout Germany scheme. Understandably, no one in Europe is interested in it except those countries in just as much trouble as Germany. In the Baltic states if there isn't regime change, they are literally going to freeze this winter.