Winter we will endure: Scholtz opposed refusing to import gas from

According to German Chancellor, every German felt the rise in price of energy. An alternative will be the Midcat pipeline, which supplies gas from Algeria, but should be completed. Despite the full -scale war in Ukraine, Germany cannot completely abandon gas imports from Russia. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholtz at a meeting with citizens in the German city of Essen, Die Welt newspaper writes. "We do not give up Russian gas.

I do not think it is a responsible decision," the head of government said. Germany, he said, is well prepared for any negative reaction of Russia and knows how to cope if the "Gazprom" will block the faucet. Alternative suppliers will be extractive companies from Norway and the Netherlands. "In the case of a difficult situation, we will probably be able to survive this winter," Solt said.

The politician is convinced that the rejection of Russian gas will bring unnecessary difficulties in Germany, so the government should expand the alternatives. Energy prices, in his opinion, have already become a problem for almost all Germans. Even quite wealthy people begin to think, because the problem will deteriorate, Scholz stated. The chancellor supported the idea of ​​building a Midcat gas pipeline from Spain through France.

It was stopped several years ago because of unprofitable and cheap Russian gas. Liquid gas delivered to Spain can be delivered to the European gas network through Italy, he stressed. The German tabloid Bild wrote that the Midcat gas pipeline lacks 226 kilometers of the area from the Ostalrick municipality in Catalonia through Pyrenees to the French commune Barber. The completion of the construction of the facility will last for at least 2 years.

The Midcat project involved the supply of gas from Algeria to Spain and then to France and Germany. We will remind that Gazprom stopped supplying the gas pipeline "Nord Stream" by September 3, explaining the solution of repair work on the gas -tracking unit. Hungary is actively buying Russian gas. According to the additional supply of blue fuel, the country will receive 5. 7 million cubic meters of gas from September 1 from September 1.