Germany has once again decided that its Green Agenda trumps its current crippling energy crisis, with the country’s climate minister dismissing fracking as a way of obtaining much-needed gas.
Germany’s addiction to Russian gas has come to backfire on the European state, with one minister saying that the country is now suffering ‘in the most brutal way’ thanks to the policymaking of previous administrations.
Economy Minister Robert Habeck has declared an early warning level over Russian gas supplies that has seen speculation of coming rationing.
Russia has said that it is looking to Asia as a potential market for oil as Germany commits itself to wean itself off of Moscow’s supply.
In an apparent move of desperation, Germany has agreed to a gas deal with Islamist Qatar to try and wean itself off Russian energy.
Gas prices are set to soar across Europe and the UK following Germany’s decision to block the approval of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Germany is now ‘dramatically behind’ its CO2 emissions target shortly after it abandoned half of its remaining nuclear plants, calling the tech ‘dangerous’.
The German Economy Minister called for even more migrants to come to Germany to fill gaps in the labour market.
With a deepening shortage of nurses and carers at homes for the elderly in Germany, the government has been urged to regularise illegal migrants who agree to work as caregivers.
