The German government rescues the country's largest gas supplier, which has suffered financial difficulties due to the drastic reduction in natural gas supply from Russia, and the company consumes an increase in the cost of procuring gas to replace Russian gas. Announced that it will be possible to pass it on to others.
Prime Minister Olaf Scholz is seeking understanding as he will take steps to reduce the burden on households.
In Germany last month, the supply of the major natural gas pipeline "Nord Stream" from Russia was significantly reduced, and it was suspended for inspection until 21st of this month.
After that, it was restarted, but the supply amount has been reduced by 60%, which is the same as before the inspection.
Under these circumstances, Prime Minister Schortz announced on the 22nd that he will rescue Germany's largest supplier, which has suffered from financial difficulties due to an increase in the cost of procuring additional gas due to a decrease in supply from Russia.
It means that it will acquire 30% of the shares of this company for about 270 million euros and about 38 billion yen in Japanese yen to support the management.
Prime Minister Olaf Scholz also revealed that gas suppliers will be able to pass on additional procurement costs to consumers starting this fall.
The average household burden is expected to increase by about 30,000 to 40,000 yen a year, and Prime Minister Olaf Scholz asked for understanding that he would take measures to reduce the burden on the household.
He said, "The long-standing idea that Russia would send the agreed amount of gas at any time was wrong," he said, calling on the public to save gas in preparation for a prolonged decline in supply. I did.