The report indicates that in November gas demand in Germany and Italy fell by 23% and 21% respectively.

The text of the material of the British newspaper leads TASS.

In France and Spain, demand fell by 20% and in the Netherlands by more than a third, the company said in a study.

As specified, the fall in demand was facilitated by the warm autumn months and rising gas prices.

Experts believe that Europe will have to reduce gas demand even further and at the same time increase LNG imports in order to avoid a long-term shortage.

Alexander Perov, head of special projects of the National Energy Security Fund, an expert from the Financial University under the Government of Russia, told the Economics Today in an interview with the Economics Today, in which case the struggle for LNG could begin in Europe.