The energy crisis in Europe is getting worse as the days go by, and this has been evident in France, where the French have lined up in front of gas stations in light of the crisis due to stock depletion at dozens of stations in several regions of France. especially in Paris.
This comes after French government spokesman Olivier Veran said that about ten percent of gas stations in the Paris area are facing problems getting enough fuel due to strikes at 4 oil refineries owned by Total Energies.
A large number of French people are facing a fuel shortage crisis. In the face of much murmuring, President Emmanuel Macron urged citizens to “calm down” and take “responsibility” to end the crisis.
In Germany, about eight thousand people gathered in the center of Berlin at the invitation of the right-wing Alternative party to protest against the German government’s energy and inflationary crisis policies, while about fourteen hundred people demonstrated against racism and the right-wing movement, which led to to an intense security presence in the capital, Berlin. The energy crisis in Europe is getting worse as the winter season approaches, when there is a peak demand for gas for home heating.
In the UK, the national power grid warned a few days ago that the country could face a planned three-hour power outage to homes and businesses this winter if the United Kingdom is unable to import electricity from Europe and struggles to attract more gas supplies to run its power plants.
Germany is accelerating its moves to implement its 200 billion euro energy rescue plan, which has been heavily criticized by its European partners, but Berlin is justifying its project as an urgent need to mitigate the “serious economic damage” the country is facing. It is possible that the government of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz from Monday will submit to the Council of Ministers the text of a law on the creation of an energy fund that will allow additional loans of 200 billion euros to be issued, sources close to the government say Friday and Agence France-Presse.
The European Commission will present energy proposals ahead of the next meeting of EU leaders on October 20-21, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said as he left the European Union leaders’ summit in Prague on Friday. Heads of state from across Europe met in Prague to discuss how to stem the rise in energy prices caused by the war in Ukraine. The European Union hopes to reach an agreement within two weeks on electricity market reform to mitigate the impact of gas prices on electricity generation systems.
