It is an "attack" when Russian energy giant Gazprom will only allow gas to flow to Germany in limited quantities in the near future. This was said by Germany's Economy Minister, Robert Habeck, in a speech at an industry conference on Tuesday.
- The reduction of gas deliveries via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline is an attack on us. An economic attack on us, says Habeck.
The Russian company announced last week that it will reduce the supply of gas to Germany through this pipeline. According to Russia, this is due to necessary repairs that have been postponed until now. But the German government has called the decision "political".
Habeck believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin is using gas as a weapon and is trying to "create chaos" by turning off the gas taps to one European country after another.
Has restarted coal-fired power plants
As a result of Gazprom reducing supplies, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands have been forced to restart their old coal-fired power plants to ensure they have enough energy.
These are measures that Habeck - who is from the Green party - calls "really bad news", according to the dpa news agency. But he believes that using coal to save gas and fill up the reserves is a necessary evil.
Germany will try to have its gas reserves 90 percent full. filled before winter, in case the supply from Russia should fail again by then.
- When we enter the winter with half-full gas storages and the taps are closed, we have a difficult economic crisis in Germany, says Habeck.
- We have seen this pattern several times now, he adds.
Ritzau / AFP
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