‘No request’ for extra gas production in Groningen, Rutte says

Euractiv | Oct 5, 2022 at 9:00 AM
  • There is no request at this moment for extra gas production in Groningen, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said after the governments of the Netherlands and Germany held bilateral consultations amid the ongoing energy crisis.
  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was reluctant to call on his Dutch counterpart to increase production during the government consultations on Tuesday (4 October).
  • The Netherlands currently supplies 11% of Germany’s gas consumption.