Government sources revealed to Dpa that German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will trigger the second of three phases of the emergency plan today
Germany enters the “alarm” phase of the gas emergency plan. “Gas is immediately a scarce commodity in Germany,” said Robert Habeck, vice-chancellor and minister of the economy and climate protection, in a statement in Berlin, in which he announced that Germany has activated the alarm in the emergency plan. on the gas. “We have to reduce the use of gas already in the summer,” he said. Summer is “deceptive,” “but winter comes and we have to fill the deposits,” he said.
The vice-chancellor urged the Germans to “make a national effort” to oppose and prevent Putin’s “will” from being realized. “We are in an economic confrontation with Russia and gas is used as a weapon,” he said. “All the political measures are needed to ensure that there is enough gas,” he added.
In the morning, government sources revealed to the Dpa that the German Economy Minister Robert Habeck will trigger the second of the three phases of the emergency plan this morning, on the day when the European summit opens in Brussels, which will also have to discuss the roof on the gas price to contain the increases caused by the Ukrainian crisis.
The first phase, that of the early warning, was triggered at the end of March, when the Kremlin asked for payment in rubles for the gas, and indicates a considerable deterioration in supplies. The second phase, of “alarm”, foresees an increased demand or problems with supplies, which in any case remain insured. The third, that of the emergency ‘, implies that supplies are not sufficient to respond to demand.
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