The price of bread in the European Union rose 18%, energy shortage, and the public was forced to "cross" the era of firewood to warm the firewood

According to the Global Times reported on September 21, the data released by the EU Statistical Bureau on September 19 shows that in August, the price of bread in the European Union increased by an average of 18%compared with the same period last year. It is the EU Statistical Bureau that has statistics the data since December 2017 that the data began to count the data. The biggest increase since.

According to reports, the price of bread in the two countries of Hungary and Lithuania has risen the largest, reaching 66%and 33%, respectively; the price of bread in France is relatively small to 8%; the price of bread in the Netherlands and Luxembourg has risen around 10%. In August last year, the price of bread in the European Union increased by only 3%year -on -year.

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Reuters reports that the cause of bread price increase is mainly the Russian -Ukraine conflict. The unstable situation of these two major grains and fertilizers exporters causes global market disturbances and exacerbates inflation. Global wheat prices have skyrocketed since February of this year, because the grain exports of the Black Sea region have been interrupted for several months. Russian producers cannot enter the Polish port, which leads to the key component of nitrate fertilizers -ammonia is difficult to transport. In August, the comprehensive price of bread and cereals in the European Union rose 16.6%, the largest increase since 1997.

On September 20, local time, Hungarian Foreign Minister Seven said that the European Union should no longer impose sanctions to Russia. He said that imposing new sanctions can only exacerbate European energy crisis and damage Europe itself.

Since the outbreak of the Russian -Ukraine conflict, the European Union and the United States have imposed several rounds of sanctions on Russia, but because many EU countries have long relying on Russia's energy supply, their anti -baying effect has embarrassed the EU's multinational state.

Deeply trapped the energy of the energy dilemma, and the firewood has become a scarce commodity in many European countries

CCTV News On September 21, according to the Washington Post, recently reported that due to the deep energy dilemma of many European countries, the demand for firewood as traditional heating fuel has increased significantly, and it has become scarce goods in many places in Europe.

It is reported that some European buyers began to hoard firewood in winter as early as the summer, causing the prices of firewood in many places in Europe. In some areas of Hungary, the price of firewood has almost doubled. In Stuttgart, Germany, wood stolen and theft have also increased. In Berlin, due to the concerns of stopping heating and the further increase in energy costs, many families have also begun to clean up the fireplace and chimney at home to prepare for cooking firewood this winter.

Experts said that although the forests of some European countries have sufficient wood reserves, the trees must be dry after being fell to become firewood. Therefore, it is impossible to immediately supply a large amount of firewood.

According to German media reports, almost all hard wood species in Europe are now used as wood, such as oak, chestnuts, maple, birch, etc., but still not enough. At present, German firewood suppliers have begun to buy from Poland. Due to the sharp rise in energy prices in the near future, the Hungarian government announced in July that it entered an emergency of energy and adopted measures such as prohibiting firewood exports to ensure domestic energy security. According to Russia, Bulgaria also stopped exporting wood to non -EU countries in mid -August.

Experts said that the era when the European people were forced to "cross" the firewood to warm up, the root cause is the energy crisis caused by the EU's sanctions on Russia; if Europe does not stop imposing sanctions against Russia, the European energy dilemma will inevitably continue.

German Brewery, French yogurt factory worried

Xinhua News Agency reported on September 18 that due to factors such as high natural gas prices, Germany has appeared and may continue to face carbonated shortages, making many beer producers and fillings. In addition, due to the shortage of natural gas in winter, the French yogurt industry may be hit hard.

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According to the Dedicated News Agency on the 18th, Germans who like to drink ice beer may find that they choose to be limited in the next few months. Insufficient carbonated supply usually appears in summer, but this year is different from the past. In addition to seasonal factors, the recent reduction in the production of fertilizers has been significantly reduced in recent highs. It is an important reason for carbonated shortage.

"The German Beer Breeding Manufacturer Association, the head of the Association of Brewery, said:" This has a huge impact on many companies. "Tobias British Schrone, a member of the German Mineral Water Association, has noticed that some places have reduced production.

Many German beer producers and installations expect that the shortage of carbonate may continue.

On France, it is reported that there are 22 member manufacturers of French dairy manufacturers, and the yogurt production of these manufacturers accounts for 70%of the total yogurt output of France. The organization's chairman and a yogurt factory in the southeast of Paris, Patrick Farkicye, reported: "We have been told that the natural gas supply may be interrupted in specific periods of this winter. For us, the situation is very serious."

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The French love yogurt, and it takes a lot of energy to make yogurt. Farcinier said that if natural gas is lacking, it will not be possible to sterilize milk to milk, and manufacturers cannot receive milk. In this way, "dairy farmers will be forced to pour milk."

Farcinier was worried that this industry was originally impacted by the new crown epidemic. The price of energy, packaging and fruits has recently soared by 20%. If natural gas is disconnected again, yogurt manufacturers may not survive.

The European Union countries such as France have long relied on Russian energy supply. Since the upgrade of the Ukraine crisis, the European Union and the United States have imposed multiple rounds of sanctions against Russia, but its anti -phase effect has embarrassed the EU situation. Russia's Natural Gas Industry Co., Ltd. released news earlier and had suspended the supply of natural gas to the major French energy supplier Angji Group.

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