Habeck: Putin leads "economic attack on us"
Created: 06/21/2022, 18:10
Robert Habeck during his speech at the "TDI - Day of Industry" of the Federation of German Industries (BDI).
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Federal Economics Minister Habeck accuses Russian President Putin of using energy as a weapon.
The Kremlin boss wants to drive up prices and thus trigger a debate about fear.
Berlin – Economics Minister Robert Habeck has described the throttling of Russian gas supplies through the Nord Stream Baltic Sea pipeline as an “attack” by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Green politician spoke of a new dimension at Industry Day.
The reduction in gas supplies by Nord Stream is an "economic attack on us".
Putin uses energy as a weapon.
Putin is reducing the amount and wants to drive up the prices.
In doing so, he wants to trigger a debate in Europe and in Germany about fear, for example of material losses - in order to ultimately trigger a debate on whether Putin should not be allowed in Ukraine, as Habeck made clear.
The war against Ukraine is an attack on individual freedom.
Habeck had presented a package of measures to reduce gas consumption in industry.
This also includes turning more climate-damaging coal into electricity again.
This is "very bad news," said Habeck.
However, the measure is necessary to fill up the gas storage tanks.
Germany cannot go into the winter with half-full storage facilities.
If Russia then turns off the gas tap, there will be talk of a serious economic crisis that will hit Germany.
dpa
