Germany announced that the natural gas emergency plan entered the second level alert

Jimu Journalist Sun Yan

According to CNN, on June 23, local time, Robert Habeck, Vice Prime Minister of Germany and Minister of Economic and Climate Protection, announced at a press conference held by Berlin that Germany's second stage of entering the natural gas emergency plan, that is, the "alert stage" Essence

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"From now on, Germany has to deal with the problem of shortage of natural gas supply," Habeck said to reporters at a press conference: "Even if you haven't felt: we are in the crisis of natural gas."

According to Reuters earlier, at the end of March this year, Germany announced the natural gas emergency plan, which can be divided into three stages: the first stage is "early warning". It will not be forcibly intervened. Natural gas suppliers can still adopt market means to ensure supply, but operators need to report to the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs once a day. The third stage is the "emergency stage". The state will directly intervene and reduce the supply of industries with lower priority to ensure the gas supply of key institutions such as ordinary families and hospitals.

Related report screenshots (picture source: Reuters)

Affected by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Germany announced its early warning stage at the end of March.

According to data released by the Intercontinental Exchange in London, since the middle of this month, the price of natural gas futures in Europe has soared about 60%, and the transaction price is about 133 euros per MWh (MWH). The report pointed out that the last time such a big increase was in March this year.

In addition, Habeck also called on the German people to reduce natural gas consumption and prepare for the "upcoming winter".

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