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While the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which supplies Germany with Russian gas, has been closed since the beginning of the week for maintenance, Berlin is trying to call on businesses and its population to reduce their consumption. Measures that sometimes destabilize the inhabitants.
After training for handball players near Frankfurt (Germany), it’s now a cold shower. Hot water is cut off to save gas in the 146 sports halls in the borough. The two of a rationing for which the German government wants to prepare the population. “I think I’m going to take my shower at home“, resigned a player.
Every day new restrictions are announced. A large property owner has warned that heating will be limited to 17 degrees at night next winter. A thermal center in Düsseldorf (Germany) is closing its indoor swimming pools. A large group is finally considering a return to teleworking, so as not to have to heat its offices. Hot water restrictions also apply to accommodation. Germany still depends 35% on Russian gas for its imports, compared to 55% before the start of the war in Ukraine. The threat of a total shutdown gives cold sweats to Europe’s largest economy, which would then immediately plunge into recession.
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