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The energy crisis has affected all of Europe since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Germany has decided to go it alone to negotiate its gas imports. A decision that goes badly at the European Council, Thursday, October 20.
Emmanuel Macron castigated Olaf’s positions and decisions Scholzthe German Chancellor, Thursday 20 October. “We have, today, a very broad unity between the countries. It is not good for Germany or for Europe that it isolates itself“said the head of state. East Berlin accused of blocking a cap on gas prices, yet demanded by a majority of countries to lower prices. Since the beginning of the crisis, Germany has played alone to preserve its gas-intensive industry. The country has turned alone to Norway, the United States and the Gulf countries since the start of the war in Ukraine.
“Germany is coming in with its financial power and risks depriving the other, smaller member states of the ability to buy this gas“, valued Phuc Vinh Nguyen, energy researcher at the Jacques Delors Institute. Another subject has irritated Europe, the deployment of a tariff shield of 200 billion euros to protect its citizens and businesses. The other capitals cry out against unfair competition. “Before starting the discussions at 27, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron exchanged alone. Barely half an hour of interview, insufficient to erase the differences between the two countries“, underlines the journalist Julian Gasparuttoin Brussels.