Re:Putin’s Energy War with Europe Seems to Falter
by llampx on Monday September 19, 2022 @04:30PM
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Germans think that they are rich enough to save the world. The same thing was visible in 2015 during the refugee crisis. The problem this winter may be not enough gas, and the high gas bills for the gas that we do use, will hit next year.
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/220715-politbarometer...
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/politik/politbarometer-union-...
70% say that we should still support Ukraine even with high energy prices. And this value is stable so far.
The Nordstream 2 issue is more complex, and I don't think the people answering the poll fully understand it. I also don't know how exactly it was worded in your poll. Opening NS2 would not actually change anything, we already have enough pipelines for all the gas from Russia. But it would appear as if Germany was giving in to Russian demands, that we let Russia yank us around with obviously untrue claims about why NS1 is not delivering gas. NS2 is a political issue and a very touchy subject for our allies, which is why it's dead and Germany won't revive it, that would be a dipomatic catastrophe.