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With the increase in economic pressures, but the German government spokeswoman, stated that the chancellor Olaf Schultzis not thinking of undoing the imposition of sanctions on Russiaeven with the expectation of a higher cost energy more significantly.
Despite acknowledging the looming difficulties, Germany affirmed its firm support for Ukraine, in parallel with the continuation of sanctions against Moscow.
Abu Bakr Al-Deeb, advisor to the Arab Center for Studies, comments to the site "Sky News Arabia"that Germany is forced to follow the American approach in the Ukrainian crisis, and to apply sanctions on Moscow, which approached 11,000 penalties, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to cut off gas from Germany, and the consequent threat to the German economy and possibly a cold winter.
Between the jaws of the pliers
The advisor of the Arab Center for Studies believes that Germany is between the jaws of the pliers. The first jaw is its almost complete dependence on Russian gas and oil with the absence of other alternatives, and the other jaw is to support Ukraine in response to the policy of the Western alliance to pressure Russia economically.
This difficult situation resonates among large segments of Germans worried about what they will face next winter, if the dispute between their country and Moscow reaches a point that pushes the latter to disrupt gas supplies, according to Al-Deeb.
Al-Deeb continues that the government is preparing to confront this possibility with emergency solutions, including the establishment of a crisis management, and the withdrawal of gas from the reserves until the withdrawals exceeded the pumping operations in them, and the filling rate of the reservoirs reached 64.5%, while Berlin seeks to reach the filling rate of 90% by November; To meet winter demands, it also raised the level of gas risks to the second highest degree, a stage "Alarm".
The government also required consumers to save at least 20 percent of their energy use; To avoid a gas shortage by December due to the decline in Russian gas imports, especially as it fears that extremists will take advantage of the winter and price increases to carry out anti-state activities, and also appealed to industrialists to speed up the provision of gas.
Despite bearing these emergency measures, Berlin is still facing accusations from European countries, such as Poland, that it is deceiving and does not provide enough support to Ukraine, according to the adviser to the Arab Center for Studies.
Next is worse
Russia is the source of 65 percent of the gas imported by Germany, and the percentage fell to less than 40 percent as a result of the Russian response to Germany’s application of Western sanctions, and Berlin’s efforts to find an alternative and emergency withdrawal from the reserves.
In this, the Polish politician and journalist Camille Gil Katy says that Moscow is using gas as a weapon against Europe, especially Germany, to loosen the sanctions imposed on it.
Katie expects that the next is worse because the alternatives to importing gas from other countries are very narrow, other than the record rise in prices at a time when half of German families depend on gas for heating, and Russia’s failure to reopen a pipeline "Nord Stream 1" So far, to spoil Germany’s plans to put in place longer periods of time in finding alternatives.
And the challenges for Berlin increase with the entry into force of a European plan to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent, on Tuesday, and Germany will have to cut 10 billion cubic meters of its consumption.
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With the increase in economic pressures, but the German government spokeswoman, stated that the chancellor Olaf Schultzis not thinking of undoing the imposition of sanctions on Russiaeven with the expectation of a higher cost energy more significantly.
Despite acknowledging the looming difficulties, Germany affirmed its firm support for Ukraine, in parallel with the continuation of sanctions against Moscow.
Abu Bakr al-Deeb, adviser to the Arab Center for Studies, comments to Sky News Arabia that Germany is forced to follow the American approach in the Ukrainian crisis, and to apply sanctions on Moscow, which approached 11,000 penalties, despite Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats to cut off gas from Germany, and what Followed by a threat to the German economy and possibly a cold winter.
Between the jaws of the pliers
The advisor of the Arab Center for Studies believes that Germany is between the jaws of the pliers. The first jaw is its almost complete dependence on Russian gas and oil with the absence of other alternatives, and the other jaw is to support Ukraine in response to the policy of the Western alliance to pressure Russia economically.
This difficult situation resonates among large segments of Germans worried about what they will face next winter, if the dispute between their country and Moscow reaches a point that pushes the latter to disrupt gas supplies, according to Al-Deeb.
Al-Deeb continues that the government is preparing to confront this possibility with emergency solutions, including the establishment of a crisis management, and the withdrawal of gas from the reserves until the withdrawals exceeded the pumping operations in them, and the filling rate of the reservoirs reached 64.5%, while Berlin seeks to reach the filling rate of 90% by November; To meet winter demands, it also raised the level of gas hazards to the second highest level, which is the “alert” stage.
The government also required consumers to save at least 20 percent of their energy use; To avoid a gas shortage by December due to the decline in Russian gas imports, especially as it fears that extremists will take advantage of the winter and price increases to carry out anti-state activities, and also appealed to industrialists to speed up the provision of gas.
Despite bearing these emergency measures, Berlin is still facing accusations from European countries, such as Poland, that it is deceiving and does not provide enough support to Ukraine, according to the adviser to the Arab Center for Studies.
Next is worse
Russia is the source of 65 percent of the gas imported by Germany, and the percentage fell to less than 40 percent as a result of the Russian response to Germany’s application of Western sanctions, and Berlin’s efforts to find an alternative and emergency withdrawal from the reserves.
In this, the Polish politician and journalist Camille Gil Katy says that Moscow is using gas as a weapon against Europe, especially Germany, to loosen the sanctions imposed on it.
Katie expects that the next is worse because the alternatives to importing gas from other countries are very narrow, other than the record rise in prices at a time when half of German families depend on gas for heating, and Russia’s failure to reopen the “Nord Stream 1” line so far has spoiled Germany’s plans to establish Longer time stages in finding alternatives.
And the challenges for Berlin increase with the entry into force of a European plan to reduce gas consumption by 15 percent, on Tuesday, and Germany will have to cut 10 billion cubic meters of its consumption.