- The European Union will not get natural gas via pipeline from Russia before the end of the year, Fitch Ratings is now assuming.
- Also reducing the risk of an EU natural gas shortage is the fact that Germany—the EU’s largest economy—managed to fill its natural gas storage to 85 percent ahead of the winter months.
- It is filling its storage with gas at today’s high prices.
Fitch Ratings: EU Will Not Get More Pipeline Gas from Russia Until Year End

