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Old 3rd Jul 2022, 20:38
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Originally Posted by Big Pistons Forever
I am not "blaming" Germany I am simply pointing out the political reality. If the voters of EU countries don't want to make sacrifices to keep the pressure on Putin, and there is no doubt keeping the pressure on Putin this winter is going to significantly hurt EU economies; then the politicians will follow their lead. Germany is in a particularly bad spot because their highly industrialized export oriented economy is heavily dependent on Russian gas.
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I think Germany has the assets to get through this, it maybe a problem for some other EU countries and indeed those who recently left, but somehow misplaced their oil refining capacity in the interim ! This will have an effect though out the West, but do not expect the UK to sail through unaffected.

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