Winter is going to be a hard one, we are hearing that from many sides at the moment. Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on “General Frost” and wants to keep Europe terrified. But what really awaits us? Fearing winter isn’t a good recipe, but you need to plan carefully, says “Krone” deputy editor-in-chief Georg Wailand. “We don’t have everything ready for the winter yet, but the current aid packages make it look a lot better.” The more difficult question is how it goes in the spring.
The electricity price brake from December is a step in the right direction. The fact that it also encourages people to save electricity is a good step. “We must and must conserve electricity in a way that is done with common sense and not with a hammer,” Wailand says.
The three billion euros Energy cost subsidies for businesses are good for the first step, but they should only be the beginning. “More money will be needed,” Wailand said. The energy cost subsidy for companies is not a “pleasant gift”, but arises from “an emergency”. “We want to prevent unemployment, so these kinds of measures are necessary.”
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Source: Krone
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