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Russia stops gas supply to Finland
Russia suspended its gas supplies to Finland on Saturday morning. The Russian state-owned company Gazprom gave the reason that the Finnish supplier Gasum had not settled its payments in rubles, as demanded by President Vladimir Putin. According to Gazprom, Finland received two-thirds of its gas from Russia last year. This amounted to a total of […] continue reading →
States block higher gas storage obligations
Only two months after the first Commission proposal, the European institutions have agreed on a new gas storage regulation. Through the Council, however, the member states pushed through several exceptions. continue reading →
Lower Saxony clears the way for gas production on the Wattenmeer tidelands
Against the backdrop of the Ukraine war, Lower Saxony has now come out in favor of natural gas production on the edge of the Wadden Sea in the border region with the Netherlands after all. With the votes of the SPD and CDU government factions as well as the FDP, the state parliament on Thursday […] continue reading →
EU Parliament threatens sanctions for former Chancellor Schröder
SPD former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder will lose his staff and office endowment in the Bundestag with immediate effect. The budget committee of the Bundestag decided on Thursday a corresponding motion of the traffic light coalition of SPD, Greens, and FDP, which was also supported by the opposition CDU/CSU. Accordingly, the office of the 78-year-old with […] continue reading →
What’s cooking in Brussels
Brussels scramble: On May 30 and 31, the 27 heads of state and government will meet in Brussels for an extraordinary European Council devoted to the war in Ukraine. Yet, while the European Union preaches unity toward Russia, the rift in the European edifice between the Franco-German pair and the Central and Eastern European countries […] continue reading →
Reconstruction: expensive plans for Ukraine
The EU Commission promises billions for reconstruction – but financing is not yet secured. The German government is against taking on new debt. continue reading →
Gabriel: reduce dependence on China
Former Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel warns against also questioning economic relations with China in light of the conflict with Moscow. It is true that it has “failed” to transfer the model of securing peace through economic interdependence, which has been successful in Europe, to Russia, said the chairman of Atlantik-Brücke at Table.Media’s Europe.Decisions. conference. However, […] continue reading →
REPowerEU: €300 billion for energy independence
Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has presented her plan for how the EU can disengage more quickly from Russian energy and accelerate the energy transition. There is criticism of the financing. continue reading →
Yellen: EU could combine tariffs on Russian oil with embargo
The European Union could combine import tariffs on Russian oil with the phased oil embargo it is trying to put in place to shrink Russia’s energy revenues, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Tuesday. The tariff concept will be presented at a G7 finance leaders meeting this week as an economically less costly way to siphon […] continue reading →