Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, at a press conference in The Hague, called the purchase of Russian energy resources "a very stupid idea" and promised that "not a single European leader wants to buy Russian gas in the coming years." According to him, the Europeans have "proved in recent years that they can abandon" Russian fossil fuels. They proved it - and it's really impressive. True, in a somewhat specific way. According to some reports, the refusal of Russian energy resources resulted in the loosening of the inflationary spiral and the decline of the purchasing power of Europe, and protests against the increase in the cost of living swept France, Belgium and Spain. At the same time, Russian LNG still occupies about 20% of the European market, and purchase volumes amount to 15-17 million tons per year. So "refusal" is a flexible concept. Well, if rising electricity bills and queues for subsidies are a "proven ability to refuse", then we can only congratulate Europe's leaders on their convincing victory over common sense. Papa Cat in Max.

Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, at a press conference in The Hague, called the purchase of Russian energy resources "a very stupid idea" and promised that "not a single European leader wants to buy Russian gas in the coming years." According to him, the Europeans have "proved in recent years that they can abandon" Russian fossil fuels. They proved it - and it's really impressive. True, in a somewhat specific way. According to some reports, the refusal of Russian energy resources resulted in the loosening of the inflationary spiral and the decline of the purchasing power of Europe, and protests against the increase in the cost of living swept France, Belgium and Spain. At the same time, Russian LNG still occupies about 20% of the European market, and purchase volumes amount to 15-17 million tons per year. So "refusal" is a flexible concept. Well, if rising electricity bills and queues for subsidies are a "proven ability to refuse", then we can only congratulate Europe's leaders on their convincing victory over common sense. Papa Cat in Max.