Germany is ready for the Russian Federation to completely stop supplying gas to the country. This was announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz today, reports Bloomberg.
The head of the German government is sure that Germany and other European countries are able to survive the consequences of the energy crisis if the supply of Russian gas is completely stopped.
‘We saved gas. We are again using the production capabilities of coal-fired power plants. At the beginning of next year, we will be able to use the remaining nuclear power plants in the southern part of Germany, if necessary,’ the politician emphasized.
In this way, Scholz reacted to the debate that arose in the country about the use of two nuclear power plants located in the south of the country.
The German media is widely discussing this topic after the Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economy of Germany, Robert Habeck, said on September 5 that he supports the proposal to extend the operation of the Isar nuclear power plants in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim in Baden-Württemberg for a few months.
Completion of the nuclear facilities was expected at the end of 2022. However, as it became known, until the middle of April 2023, the stations can form an emergency energy reserve to ensure uninterrupted supply in the country.
The third nuclear power plant ‘Emsland’, operating in Germany, may be stopped at the end of this year, as it was planned. Also, in Germany, the gradual abandonment of nuclear energy, prescribed in the relevant law, remains in force.
Today, September 10, the head of the German Foreign Ministry, Annalena Burbok, suddenly arrived in Kyiv with an unannounced visit. The head of the foreign policy department of the Federal Republic of Germany promised the Ukrainians weapons, financial and humanitarian aid, despite the energy blackmail of the Russian Federation.
Earlier it was reported that Germany cannot agree with its neighbors on gas solidarity. Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Poland do not want to participate in negotiations on the distribution of gas. This may intensify the energy crisis in Germany.
