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Harsh Winter Reality Is Finally Sinking In for EU Leaders
Hostage to Putin’s gas shutoff, Europe has no pain-free options on energy.
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“Good leaders elicit in their people a wish to walk alongside them,” writes Henry Kissinger in his latest book on leadership.
Ursula Von der Leyen, head of the European Union’s executive arm, faces such a leadership test this week when she presents an outline of how the bloc’s 27 members can survive a winter without Russian gas while avoiding a deep economic crisis.