Especially the explosion of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline has made it even worse, making Germany's energy supply short and the pressure has increased. The German government also tried every means to deal with it, and even proposed to invest 200 billion euros to stabilize e

Germany is the largest economy in Europe, , and it is also the locomotive of the entire EU . In the energy crisis caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it was naturally the first to bear the brunt and suffered the biggest impact. Especially the explosion of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline has made it even worse, making Germany's energy supply short and the pressure has increased. The German government also tried every means to deal with it, and even proposed to invest 200 billion euros to stabilize energy prices and overcome difficulties. But having money does not mean you can be willful. The "big move" that the German government has put into operation has been opposed by European countries before it has been implemented, and it has been criticized for being foul. It is very embarrassing.

In fact, the relationship between Germany and Russia has been well maintained before the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. The two sides have political reconciliation, economic cooperation, especially in the natural gas cooperation, Russia's high-quality and cheap natural gas has provided important energy support for Germany's economic development. Two German Prime Ministers, Schroder and Merkel , successively promoted the construction of two natural gas pipelines, "North Stream 1" and " North Stream 2 ". 55% of Germany's imported natural gas is sourced from Russia. Until now, due to the tension between the two sides due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, Merkel, who served as prime minister for 16 years, is still calling for Europe to achieve lasting peace only with the participation of Russia. This also shows that Germany still has voices to develop relations with Russia and build a peaceful Europe together.

But for the current German Chancellor Scholz, following the trend with the United States is "political correctness". Despite the difficulties and helplessness, we must face the risk of "death" and show a firm "anti-Russia" stance, stand with the United States, sanctions and consume Russia. The most realistic price paid is that energy costs soar and economic development is damaged. It is predicted that Germany's economic losses will be close to 60 billion euros in 2022 and may be close to 100 billion euros in 2023.

Energy shortage and high inflation have also seriously affected the lives of ordinary German people. Although the government has repeatedly publicly called for energy conservation and has taken various energy-saving measures to reduce consumption, the results are still limited. In many places in Germany, many people are stocking up firewood, and the price of firewood has soared. In order to save himself, Germany had to increase the purchase of US liquefied natural gas . But in terms of price, the United States, which focuses on its own interests, naturally did not give up this opportunity to fetch the price, and set the price to scare the Germans. The price of liquefied natural gas sold to Germany by the United States is three times that of Russian pipeline natural gas, and seven times that of domestic natural gas in the United States. This caused Germany to directly complain about the "sky-high price" and accused the United States of having no spirit of mutual assistance. It was simply taking advantage of the situation and there was no negotiation on "slaughtering me".

But Germany has a deep foundation and still has the strength to withstand the troubles. In order to calm the hearts of the people, not long ago, Scholz, who was quarantined at home due to new crown , announced that the government would provide 200 billion euros subsidies to stabilize energy prices, use government money to pay for the people, eliminate public grievances, and stabilize prices.

This money is the largest subsidy among EU countries so far, and is more than twice the total financial support provided by Italy and France.

Therefore, Germany's "spending money" practice was immediately opposed by European countries in the same situation, especially small countries with weaker strength. Their general mentality is "not worrying about lack of people but not equality". When a disaster comes, they cannot "get a small job" by themselves, and be safe and be in the same boat. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban even described German Prime Minister Scholz as "cannibalism", and Belgian Prime Minister De Cro also criticized the German government's move that may "degrade the European single market." More countries are worried that Germany's approach may lead to a division in the EU.

For Germany, it is the core victim of the energy crisis caused by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. However, as the leader of the EU and an important geopolitical force, Germany's situation is very embarrassing and subtle. Although it is already very cautious in grasping relations with Russia and the United States, it is obvious that it is in a dilemma and dare not take too much action. This time, I just took action to deal with the issue of energy subsidies, which attracted opposition from EU countries, which was very embarrassing. The latest news says that German Chancellor Scholz intends to discuss with Norwegian , the United States and other natural gas suppliers the possibility of reducing imported natural gas prices. But now the whole of Europe is facing winter, and people are already panic. Prices are still mainly controlled by the Americans, and to make Americans give in, other prices must be paid. So, no matter what the result is, Germany must be the biggest loss in the European energy crisis this time, and the "subjugation" is decided this time.