Worries about the approaching winter are driving people in Germany. In a video message, Chancellor Scholz is confident. The federal government has created alternatives to Russian gas.
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has encouraged citizens in the energy crisis. "We will join hands as a country because we are a country of solidarity. We'll get through it," said the SPD politician in his weekly video message. The people in Germany felt that they were living in serious times. "But we have prepared ourselves," assured the Chancellor.
So one is ready for Russia to largely stop its gas supplies because of the war against Ukraine. After maintenance work and an alleged technical defect, nothing has been flowing to Germany via the Nord Stream 1 line since last week.
The federal government is preparing for this to remain the case. "But we have prepared ourselves," said Scholz, referring to the construction of liquid gas terminals on the north German coasts, the level of gas storage, the use of coal-fired power plants and, if necessary, nuclear power plants.
The federal government's declared goal is to fill the gas storage tanks to 95 percent by November 1st. They are currently about 87 percent full. Around 0.5 percentage points would be added every day, said Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck on Friday. Germany will "reach the 95 percent that we have set ourselves by this winter," said Habeck.
