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Gas restrictions in the EU: "We must think about energy solidarity before we tip over into the crisis"
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The Russian giant Gazprom stopped delivering gas to Bulgaria and Poland on April 27, 2022 because these two countries refuse to pay in rubles.
AP - BTA Georgy Genchev
By: Florent Guignard Follow
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Russia continues to maintain the suspense: will the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline which supplies part of Western Europe be put back into service this Thursday, July 21 after maintenance work and with the same flow?
In the meantime, the European Union is preparing for all eventualities with an emergency plan presented this Wednesday morning by the European Commission and an objective for the 27 member countries: to reduce their gas consumption by 15% compared to the average last five years.
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The announcements target a reduction in demand: limiting the heating of certain buildings, encouraging companies to reduce their consumption, postponing the planned closure of nuclear power plants.
The arsenal of measures proposed by Brussels therefore aims to reduce annual gas consumption in the EU by around 25 to 60 billion m³, according to a draft text.
Interview with Carole Mathieu, Head of European Policies at Ifri's Center for Energy and Climate.
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