(Morning News) Russia cuts natural gas exports to counterattack the sanctions of Western countries and leads to a shortage of energy in Europe. Many countries have been forced to introduce energy -saving measures to deal with this energy crisis.
The German Economic Minister of Economic Minister Habeck disclosed on Wednesday (August 24) that German Cabinet has approved a number of energy -saving measures, including restricting the lighting of public places.He said: "All measures will help reduce the amount of natural gas by 2%to 2.5%."
Switzerland also formulated energy -saving goals, hoping to use the amount of natural gas from October 2022 to March 2023,It can be reduced by 15 % compared with the same period of the past five years.
Compared with other European countries, natural gas accounts for relatively small natural gas in the Swiss energy consumer market.However, the Swiss government issued a statement on the 24th that Switzerland's natural gas rely entirely on imports. Therefore, the problem of natural gas in Europe will directly affect Switzerland and make imported natural gas more difficult.
In recent months, Russia has repeatedly suspended or reduced natural gas supply to European countries on the grounds of repair or failure.Some Western leaders have accused Russia of sanctions against Russia for the excuse to counterattack the international community because of the Russian and Ukraine war.
In order to ensure domestic energy supply, French government spokesman Olivier Vran revealed on Wednesday that the French government will propose a draft in September to accelerate the promotion of energy infrastructure projects while formulating short -term plans to formulate short -term plansEnsure energy supply in winter.
Wei Lang said at a press conference that the French government is determined to "accelerate" all projects in the energy industry and admit that France cannot permanently maintain the upper limit of the price of 1 billion euros (about 1.4 billion yuan) to helpFamily respond to inflation.
The price of natural gas in France has been frozen, and the government has also set up an upper limit on the rise in electricity prices, but the above two measures will expire this winter.Wei Lang expects France's energy prices to rise next.
