Germany Announces That A Natural Gas Crisis Has Begun As Russia Cuts Its Pipeline Supply Of Natural Gas To Europe.
Germany has declared a natural gas shortage, escalating its crisis plan to preserve supplies ahead of winter as Russia turns off the taps. The country on Thursday activated the second phase of its three-stage gas emergency program, taking it one step closer to rationing supplies to industry—a step that would deliver a huge blow to the manufacturing heart of its economy.
''Gas is from here on out hard to come by in Germany," Economy Minister Robert Habeck told correspondents at a question and answer session in Berlin. "Regardless of whether you feel it yet: We are in a gas emergency."
Europe's energy emergency raised for this present month as Russia further diminished supplies to Germany, Italy and different individuals from the European Union.
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