After Germany, it’s Austria’s turn to“activate your gas emergency plan”, declared the Standard, this Thursday, March 31, from Vienna. The Republic of the Alps has also announced that it is preparing for a possible forced shutdown of Russian gas deliveries. “In Germany, Economy Minister Robert Habeck already activated the first level of a similar emergency plan on Wednesday morning, secures the title of centre-left. The Netherlands preferred to wait.
“Such precautions are linked to increasingly threatening rhetoric from the Kremlin,” relate the world. Vladimir Putin announced on Thursday 24 March that the European countries – described by Moscow as“Unfriendly” – would now have to pay for their gas imports in roubles, which Germany and Austria refused, with the support of the European Union. The statement was taken particularly seriously in these two economies highly dependent on Russia for their energy needs.
Distrust of Putin
While the Russian leader has since hinted in a phone call to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that