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“Europe cannot be divided,” said Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) on yesterday’s agreement on one Gas plan for the winter: At least 15 percent gas Member States want to save from August to March next year – initially voluntarily and also mandatory in the event of an EU-wide alarm. But there are quite a few possible exceptionshow Manuel Berkel analyzed. The savings target of 15 percent is not sufficient anyway, said Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) – it has to 20 percent be.
That China is driving Africa into a debt trap with its loans, is a fairly common narrative. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) also commented in this direction a few weeks ago and warned of one Debt Crisis in the Global Southtriggered by Chinese loans. Katja Scherer took a closer look at this thesis and came to the conclusion that debt problems in African countries are more likely to be caused by lenders other than China. played a central role western believers.
“We don’t have to be greener than the Greens” – a sentence that Nina Scheer often heard in the SPD and which always bothered them. As a teenager she joined the party joined out of ecological interesttoday she is the Climate protection and energy policy spokeswoman for the SPD parliamentary group. You can read more about Scheer in the portrait of Janna Degener-Storr.
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Leaks in the EU plan to save gas
In the end, the Czech Presidency was indeed successful. At least 15 percent gas the EU countries want to save from August to March next year – initially voluntarily and also mandatory in the event of a Union-wide alert. “I hope everyone understands that this sacrifice is necessary. We will share the cuts,” said Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela after the meeting of energy ministers. “We will not allow Russia to use gas as a political weapon.”
The Federal Minister of Economics commented with satisfaction Robert Habeck the unity of the EU states. “Europe cannot be divided“, said the Green politician. He described the result as a “strong signal against all scoffers and against all despisers” of the EU.
Before the council meeting, Poland had rejected commitments to save energy. In the end though only Budapest has been against the winter plansaid Secretary of State for Economic Affairs Sven Giegold (Green). Hungary’s Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó according to a government spokesman, even said that implementation was out of the question for Hungary.
