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“We have not lived beyond our means in terms of energy.”

Oh, what’s that word again? Schadensomething? 🤭

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Eurozone crisis in reverse as southern states scold Germany over gas

Analysis: Southern European countries were unwilling to sign up to homogenous 15% cut in gas
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in reply to Aral Balkan

ij
ij
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Schadenfreude?

Well, there's more into that issue. Yes, Germany was too reliant on gas from Russia (in fact in fossil fuels in general). Yes, it's the fault of previous governments of Merkel & co.

But no, Schadenfreude is not the right answer to this, but solidarity should be the right answer.
If solidarity fails in this situation, the whole EU could fail.
If Germany struggles economically, the complete EU will suffer from this. It's not like that Germany is isolated in the EU.
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Aral Balkan
Aral Balkan
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I’m pretty sure some folks are playing a very tiny violin right now is all I’m saying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_debt_crisis

https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/news/germany-earned-2-9-billion-euros-from-greeces-debt-crisis/

Germany earned €2.9 billion from Greece’s debt crisis

Germany turns out to be a major beneficiary of Greece’s debt crisis as it earned a total of €2.9 billion b
Claire Stam (EURACTIV)
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Fabio Manganiello
Fabio Manganiello
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that's the same thing I thought when I heard "calls for solidarity" towards the countries more impacted by the Russian gas crisis - namely Germany, which imports most its gas from Russia, and was even planning to open one more pipeline.

Are we supposed to show them the same solidarity that they showed to southern European countries during the Eurozone debt crisis? Because if that's the case the karma bitch in me doesn't give a sh*t if the average temperature in German homes will be around 10 C this winter.
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