- A gas conference organised by the French gas association levelled serious criticism at Germany for the energy policy Berlin has championed in the past decade.
- Germany, highly dependent on Russian gas before Moscow turned off the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, is now struggling to find new energy resources to ensure the industry wheel keeps turning and there is enough heat for half of the country’s homes that rely on gas.
- Germany also decided at the start of September to keep the country’s last three nuclear reactors closed until the end of 2022 – a move likely intended to please one of Scholz’s two coalition partners, the Greens.
Germany has ‘huge responsibility’ in energy crisis, says French company union chief
