OpinionGermany Can’t Rely on Russian Energy. It Doesn’t Know What to Do Instead:
The Ukraine invasion has a set off a crisis in Germany over where it's energy supply ...
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Germany Faces Energy Shift Amid Ukraine ConflictTransitioning from Russian gas may take up to three years, exposing deep political missteps and complicating sanctions decisions.
- The Ukraine war forces Germany to reconsider its reliance on Russian gas, which previously supplied over half of its needs.
- Strategic errors during Angela Merkel’s tenure hindered the development of alternative energy and emergency reserves.
- The SPD’s prior support for Nord Stream 2 complicates its current push for LNG import terminals from the U.S.
- Political parties have delayed imposing robust sanctions despite the risk of serious escalation in the conflict.
“During Merkel’s chancellorship, codependency was seen as a way of ensuring geopolitical stability.”— Veronica Grimm, an energy economist at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Erlangen-Nürnberg, discusses the geopolitical challenges Germany faces.
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