What do Russia’s Nord Stream 1 cuts mean for Europe’s gas supply?
Gazprom’s move to cut gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline threatens supplies ahead of the winter.
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Gazprom’s move to cut gas flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline threatens supplies ahead of the winter.
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ByIt is both wrong and dangerous to write off the German economic model
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ByHistory will judge harshly her doctrine of passivity towards Vladimir Putin.
ByJürgen Hardt, the foreign affairs spokesperson for Germany’s main opposition party, also blames Olaf Scholz for not being hard enough.
ByOlaf Scholz’s unwillingness to say “Ukraine must win” in public shows his fear of stumbling inadvertently into a conflict.
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ByBritain can no longer afford to turn away from Europe in these difficult times.
ByExperts suggest that banning Russian oil and gas would impact the German economy less than the Covid pandemic did.
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ByTo watch a whole nation mobilise in defence of its freedoms has been a moving and humbling experience.
ByBerlin is signalling that it will cancel the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia invaded Ukraine.
ByGermany’s new government is more critical of Russia than previous administrations, but history and trade weigh heavily in the balance.
ByWhen politics becomes war, democracies stop working.
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ByThe country’s target of phasing out the fossil fuel completely means electricity generation from coal in the EU is projected…
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