Post by Thomas O'Donnell, PhD

My BizNesAlert.pl — American expert: Germany is again contemplating Russian gas — Amerykański ekspert: Niemcy znów myślą o gazie z Rosji 27Jan26. -- I discussed with Artur Ciechanowicz of BizNesAlert.pl, how Chancellor Merz and Energy Minister Reiche refuse the one reform that can really boost German energy security: focusing on nuclear energy as France has, and Poland has begun to do. (READ interview in ENGLISH https://lnkd.in/dca2t-cE or in POLISH https://lnkd.in/d_R5vuQT ). Twice last week, Merz indicated willingness to work with Russia when the Ukraine war ends. For two decades before the war, working with Russia meant more Russian gas imports, building Nord Stream 1 & 2. Now Merz worries about dependence on USA LNG. However, the German model he continues, one of installing BOTH a full-scale, wildly complex renewables system, plus a full-scale natural-gas backup system, guarantees high-cost energy, deindustrialization and foreign energy dependence. (foto x(dot)com/_Friedrich Merz, biznesalert(dot)pl) Nataly Lutsenko Irina Kustova Andreas Umland Dr. Frank Umbach Mark Voyger Honorata Nyga-Łukaszewska Zuzanna Nowak Peter Flory Joseph Dresen Clay Seigle Clayton Scott Ben Hodges Agata Loskot-Strachota Dr. Dirk Radies choeib boutamine Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff Rachel Herp Tausendfreund Daniela Schwarzer Norbert Röttgen Erik Magdanz Marcin Król Albéric Mongrenier Isabelle Dupraz Manuel Silva-Ferrer Dan Martinez Morten Frisch Ghassan Dagher