{"id":68179,"date":"2022-07-20T14:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/eu-makes-plans-if-russian-gas-is-cut-off\/"},"modified":"2022-07-20T14:14:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T14:14:40","slug":"eu-makes-plans-if-russian-gas-is-cut-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/eu-makes-plans-if-russian-gas-is-cut-off\/","title":{"rendered":"EU makes plans if Russian gas is cut off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"firstP\">\n<p>The European Commission has proposed a voluntary reduction of 15 percent in the use of Russian gas for the countries of the European Union, in case supplies to Europe are stopped.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We have to prepare for a total stoppage of Russian gas, and this is a possible scenario,&#8221; European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told reporters on July 20.<\/p>\n<p>The European bloc has imposed tough sanctions on Russia, after launching an unprovoked attack on Ukraine on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>These measures have prompted Moscow to reduce the amount of energy it delivers to some EU countries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia is blackmailing us.  Russia is using energy as a weapon.  Therefore, in any case, be it a partial, major stop, or a total stop of Russian gas, Europe must be ready&#8221;, said von der Leyen.<\/p>\n<p>According to this proposal, the reduction of 15 percent would last from August 1 to March 31, and would be calculated based on the average usage that was reported in the same period of 2016-2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission can make this target mandatory if it assesses that there is a high risk of gas stoppage for the EU.<\/p>\n<p>To be approved, the proposal must have a majority of 15 members \u2013 out of 27 in total \u2013 or support from countries representing at least 65 percent of the bloc&#8217;s population.<\/p>\n<p>European diplomats will discuss this proposal on July 22, with the possibility of its approval at another meeting of energy ministers on July 26.<\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned of the power Russian President Vladimir Putin could have if he turns energy into a weapon and blocks the economies of the European bloc.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The partial stoppage of gas is already affecting European economic growth, so a total stoppage would be much more severe&#8221;, said the IMF.<\/p>\n<p>According to this institution, the gross domestic product (GDP) in EU member states, such as Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, could shrink by up to 6 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"last\">\n<strong><\/p>\n<p>top channel<br \/>\n<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tvar ajaxurl = \"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\";<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Google Analytics\n\t\twindow.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\tfunction gtag() {\n\t\t\tdataLayer.push(arguments);\n\t\t}\n\t\tgtag('js', new Date());<\/p>\n<p>\t\tgtag('config', 'UA-7855069-1');<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\/\/Facebook\n\t\twindow.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n\t\t\tFB.init({\n\t\t\t\tappId: '1715618661991455',\n\t\t\t\txfbml: true,\n\t\t\t\tversion: 'v2.10'\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\tFB.AppEvents.logPageView();\n\t\t};<\/p>\n<p>\t\t(function(d, s, id) {\n\t\t\tvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\tif (d.getElementById(id)) {\n\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\tjs = d.createElement(s);\n\t\t\tjs.id = id;\n\t\t\tjs.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n\t\t\tfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/top-channel.tv\/?p=2187446\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] The European Commission has proposed a voluntary reduction of 15 percent in the use of Russian gas for the countries of the European Union, in case supplies to Europe are stopped. &#8220;We have to prepare for a total stoppage of Russian gas, and this is a possible scenario,&#8221; European Commission President Ursula von der [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[359],"tags":[2203,5453,3181,1771],"class_list":["post-68179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-attualita","tag-cut","tag-gas","tag-plans","tag-russian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imalbania.com\/kosova\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}