The energy crisis engendered by the conflict in Ukraine is producing a Europe of reversed fronts.
This time, it is Germany that finds itself in the posture of an improvident and destitute cicada, while France and the countries of Southern Europe adorn themselves with the virtues of the ant.
When we receive without panicking - but not always with the seriousness that it would take - recommendations for "energy sobriety", our neighbors across the Rhine are preparing all business ceases for the scarcity of wartime.
The heaviest industrial power on the continent, gluttonous in Russian gas, is on the verge of disaster: short of supplies, reserves and alternatives, it is already seeing its growth stagnate, inflation and unemployment climb, even before the shock of winter.
With the risk of dragging the entire euro zone into recession.
Although Green, Germany's Economics, Energy and Climate Protection Minister Robert Habeck is showing commendable pragmatism.
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