G7 Concludes: Struggling to Keep Apace in a New World Order
After the war in Ukraine started, G7 leaders have been fixated on getting oil and gas from anywhere but Russia. This might prove more trying than expected.
After the war in Ukraine started, G7 leaders have been fixated on getting oil and gas from anywhere but Russia. This might prove more trying than expected.
The Netherlands, Italy, France, Spain, Denmark, Poland, Germany, and Ukraine have bought coal from South Africa so far this year.
Weak armies, illegal immigration, debt, energy dependence, and unbalanced trade are all undermining the European nation-state, argues Juan Ángel Soto Gómez.
The Orbán cabinet has put in place the means for Hungary to be independent from Russian natural gas. In the course of 12 years, it built links to all possible alternative energy sources; the fact that a number of them are inoperable is due to other countries.
In Western Europe, meanwhile, our globalized, post-national era of peace and prosperity has wrought decadence and complacency. It has erased from the national consciousness the blood and tears needed to get independence and to keep it.
Italy’s energy infrastructure is not only relevant to its domestic consumption, but to all of Europe, being a key potential entry-point for the EU to receive north African energy, including hydrogen.
Saad al-Kaabi, Qatar’s Minister of Energy, referred to hopes that Qatar could immediately replace Russian gas deliveries to Germany as “nonsense.”
Price caps on electricity, which are meant to protect retail customers from soaring production costs, can cause supply shortages.
Austria’s federal government has announced relief for Austrians suffering from inflation and rising energy prices. Opponents criticize the package as “a drop in the bucket.”
Germany’s disaster management officials examined what a major disruption of natural gas supply would entail and the results are chilling.
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