Germany Can Endure Russia Gas Supply Halt, Habeck Tells Magazine
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Germany could weather a ban on Russian gas in the upcoming winter so long as it fills storages, progresses on LNG terminals and cuts consumption, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said in an interview with WirtschaftsWoche.
The ability of Europe’s largest economy to endure a halt “is subject to several preconditions” but was doable, he told the magazine. The comments come as Germany is planning four new floating liquefied natural gas projects and fast tracking approvals to slash its dependence on Russian gas.