After Russia cut off supplies of natural gas to Bulgaria and Poland on Wednesday, a top German official said the flow of Russian gas to Germany remained steady, while adding that the country could live off existing reserves until at least the winter.
“In order to get through the winter without Russian gas, further work at full speed is needed,” said the official, Robert Habeck, who is Germany’s economic minister and vice-chancellor. He made the comments during a news conference at which he presented a new set of subsidies designed to help Germans offset higher energy costs.
He announced lower growth expectations for 2022, to 2.2 per cent from 3.6 per cent, mostly because of the increased cost in energy.
