Winter is coming, and Europe has experienced a unable to calm weekend

This weekend just passed was very torment for Europe.

In Austria, on September 17, local time, more than 32,000 people took the streets such as Vienna and other cities, protesting inflation intensified and the failure of the government's resolution of living costs.

Among the eight cities that broke out, about 20,000 people in the capital Vienna insisted on demonstrations in severe weather. On the banner of the on -site demonstrators, slogans such as "we have to eat, warm, and survive" to express their dissatisfaction with the government.

Austrian protest of demonstrations. Source: Olympic Media

In Paris, France, large -scale protests also broke out on the 17th. Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Royal Palace Plaza in Paris to demonstrate, calling on President Macron to resign and ask France to withdraw from the European Union and NATO. The Russian satellite agency quoted the polls in the report that the French people's support for sanctions on Russia is declining.

In the UK, the people's anger was scattered to the new king Charles III. On the 16th local time, Charles III came to the capital of the capital of Wales to accept the mourning of all walks of life, but when shaking hands with the crowd and asked, a man suddenly complained to him: "When we can't afford to pay for heating, we can't afford to pay, Also pay for your parade! "Charles III turned his head after hearing, and did not respond.

The same protests have previously taken place in Germany, Czech Republic and other countries.

On September 3rd, about 70,000 Czech people gathered in the Vatlaf Plaza in the center of the capital Prague to protest the government's "pro -Western" policy that harmed the interests of the Czech Republic and was worried that the country's economy would be destroyed by high prices.

On the 5th, in Leipzig, Germany, thousands of people protesting energy and food prices rose sharply and government policies. In the UK, practitioners in many industries such as railways and ports have held strikes, asking for salary increases to hedge prices soaring ...

The Czech people held a demonstration to oppose the government's pro -Western position.

As the U.S. sanctions are sanctioned by the United States, the European economy is being impacted, and protesters call sanctions against Russia as "suicide sanctions." As the cold winter approaches, the European energy crisis is increasing, and there are severe problems such as soaring living costs and high inflation.

According to data released by the EU Statistics Bureau, in August, the inflation rate of 19 countries in the euro zone reached 9.1%, a record the highest level since the record. Austrian Austria, which broke out on weekends, reached 9.3%.

Energy is the main factor to promote high European inflation. The EU Statistical Bureau said that of the euro area's inflation rate in August, 3.95 percentage points came from more expensive energy. According to data from the German Federal Bureau of Statistics, since the beginning of the Russian and Ukraine conflict, energy prices have skyrocketed and have a significant impact on the increase in inflation rates. In July, energy prices rose sharply from the same period last year, and natural gas prices rose 83.8%, and fuel prices such as gasoline rose 16.5%...

In addition to statistics, people's lives have been directly affected. German media said that the soaring energy bills are squeezing the endurance of the European people. Italy has to urge the public to use "good behavior" to save energy, such as shortening shower time, lowering heating, filling the washing machine and the dishwasher full Then start ...

In response to the energy crisis, France restarted some thermal power plants.

The EU crisis, which has a tough attitude towards Russia, is getting heavier, and the surrounding "neighbors" can't stand it.

On September 16, Serbian President Wugic said in an exclusive interview with the country that if the European Union continued to take sanctions against Russian energy, the result may be that the Russian side completely stopped supplying natural gas to Europe. Everyone will be frozen. "

Belarusian President Lukashenko adopted another way to express an attitude. In a video of the hot circulation on social media a few days ago, Lukashenko split firewood in the wooden pile. He said: "We will not let Europe be frozen, we will help our brothers, they will help us one day." He also said that in Europe, there is no need to be picky about what kind of firewood is used to make firewood. It is important that the house should be warm.

Lukashenko (right) split firewood. Video screenshot

In response to the West accusing the "Russian energy crisis in Russia", Russian President Putin said on the 16th that it was Western sanctions to block the operation of Russia's gas pipeline to Europe. If the EU wants more natural gas, it should cancel the hindrance to "Beixi- 2 "Sanctions opened by pipelines. "Just press the button, everything will start."

Putin said that the West accused Russia that caused the current European energy crisis, which was completely married to others, to allow them to avoid the anger accusations of their citizens.

However, the European Union is obviously not "persuasion." Although the protesters shouted, "The best is to Ukraine and only give us two sweaters", the European Commission Chairman Feng Deline once again stated that he would continue to support Ukraine and maintain the pressure on Russia's sanctions.

European scorched, but the United States on the other side of the ocean said that "it is not busy." According to US media reports on the 14th, US shale oil and shale gas companies have notified European countries that they cannot provide additional energy in winter.

The US Minister of Finance Yellen said that once Europe's energy embargo against Russia, once it takes effect, oil prices will rise sharply again. The shale oil and gas enterprises said that it was unable to increase production immediately, and the shale oil and shale gas were the same. As the supply is tightened, the cost of crude oil this winter may rise to more than $ 120 per barrel.

U.S. President Biden delivered a speech on the 13th Palace of the White House on the 13th to celebrate the approval of the inflation reduction bill.

When Europe is a headache for the energy crisis, the United States is another scenery.Recently announced the US inflation data in August showed that energy prices have fallen by 5%month -on -month, of which gasoline prices have decreased by 10.6%month -on -month. Energy is not a big problem here.Following the US pace sanction in Russia's Europe, walking around and found on the fork.Some politicians shouted tough, but they were injured by ordinary European people, while the winter across the ocean would not be so torment.

Winter is approaching. The protest of last weekend may appear more frequently on the streets of Europe.Energy Ministers of EU countries are planning to hold a special meeting on September 30. Whether it can take strong measures to reverse the situation at that time, it remains to be observed.

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