Head of E.ON concern Birnbaum: Without Russian gas, Germany will hardly survive the next two winters

According to him, in order to achieve German independence, it is necessary to create an alternative to Russian gas as soon as possible through renewable energy sources, importing LNG and building up a hydrogen economy. 

“Without Russian gas, we are unlikely to survive the next two winters, except perhaps due to the damage to our industry and economy.

But then we will no longer have steel or the chemical industry, the consequences would be dramatic,” Birnbaum said in an interview with the German newspaper FAZ.

In conclusion, the interlocutor of the publication warned the EU against the introduction of a gas embargo.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in an interview with The Indian Express, said earlier that the EU plans to stop importing Russian coal in the summer, and by the end of the year, the EU countries will also refuse Russian oil.

Later, the ZDF TV channel, citing a European diplomat, reported that Hungary and Slovakia had withdrawn their veto on the EU oil embargo against Russia.