Windmills and solar will save the day!
Besides opposing Brexit, when was the last time the EU stood up in unison against anything? They’ll shatter by the Fall.
Unfortunately Russia holds the cards here. Russians are used to hardships. Even though it is in better shape than under the Soviets, Russian people don’t have the soft lives that The Danes, etc do. Russians can endure and have repeatedly. Danes surrender to Islamic invaders. It is the EU that is going to surrender first.
Pay your bills. I wonder what this will mean for the citizens. I’m sure that wasn’t top of mind.
Biden cut our energy off and we did nothing wrong
You will sell me what I need to survive on the terms I dictate!
You cannot sell what others need to survive unless you do so on terms I dictate!
OMG - How dare you sell what I need to survive to customers who don’t dictate the terms of the sale. You are EVIL!!!!
“the Netherlands and Denmark struggle to understand basic economic facts...”
“the Dutch government, said it had contracted elsewhere for the 2 billion cubic metres of gas it had expected to receive from Gazprom”
Poland is also not renewing its long term contracts for Russian supply. They have also contracted with other suppliers. No one who was cut off (or cut themselves off, in the case of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia), is planning on a future dependent on Russian supplies.
Even the other European customers who have agreed to pay in rubles in the near term, are rushing to sign long term supply contracts with other suppliers. Qatar won’t agree to any more that run less than 20 years.
Once these customers are gone, it will be very hard to lure them back, except for reduced quantities at discount rates. No European Country will allow itself to be dependent on Russian supply, and vulnerable to Russian policy, after this initial transition is complete. The danger of relying on Russian supplies is no longer questioned.