“It is important that the declaration of emergency brings clarity very quickly on the costs associated with the current tight supply situation.
It is also clear that this will not be the solution for this winter if the supply situation remains the same or gets even worse in the coming weeks, ”RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.
He noted that if it is impossible to fill the gas storage by October, the German authorities will need to take urgent measures.
Germany has upgraded its gas emergency plan to a second out of three due to supply cuts.
It is noted that the second degree of the emergency plan gives the government the right to recommend enterprises to save gas.
Economy Minister Habek noted that the political "winter" in Germany is already on the threshold, the country has begun an energy crisis.
Jens Spahn, vice-chairman of the CDU/CSU faction, asked Habek to present a coherent plan to overcome the gas crisis in the country.