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Thanks to a raft of power-saving measures combined with its armada of nuclear power plants, France is now on the “right track” to avoid rolling blackouts this winter, one government minister has claimed.

Serious gas shortages across the EU are now on the cards for next year, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned.

After what was overall an extremely mild autumn, winter temperatures have dropped considerably across Europe, a fact that has been deemed “likely” to worsen the continent’s gas crisis.

The UK has one of the smallest reserves of gas yet is shipping the resource abroad at levels not seen for years as a cold snap arrives. 

As a result of the ongoing energy crisis throughout Europe, Switzerland is considering a ban on the use of electric cars for non-essential purposes.

Rough, a gigantic British gas storage facility in the North Sea which the government allowed to go to the wall in 2017, is being gradually brought back to life as the energy crisis bites. 

Leftist government plans to see Germany go green have been utterly destroyed by ongoing Russian energy shortages.

The Olaf Scholz government has mishandled “everything” during the energy crisis, resulting in economic calamity, a German MEP told Breitbart.

Antifa activists brawled with police on Saturday during an attempt to disrupt a protest against the sanctions war with Russia.

Germany’s massive energy crisis is “under control”, the country’s Chancellor has insisted despite repeated warnings of possible blackouts occurring over the coming months.

Emergency meetings on how to deal with possible energy shortages over the coming months are now being held by the UK government, reports claim.

Protesters gathered in front of a shuttered power station on Sunday to demonstrate against the Irish government’s banning of a natural and abundant fossil fuel just in time for the winter energy crisis.

Medium and large companies have reportedly been scrambling to purchase electricity generators amid fears that the country could see parts of its national grid collapse.

UK government officials are set to urge the general public to turn down their heating as fears over possible winter blackouts continue to loom.

Czechs turning to fuel once considered obsolete as they seek a cheaper option to natural gas, whose prices have surged.

Food prices in Germany have spiked by just under 40 per cent over last year, with potatoes spiking by as much as 70 per cent in 12 months.

Younger generations in Britain will be the worst hit by rising energy bills, a think tank in the country has claimed.

Saudi Arabia’s energy minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, said from the sidelines of the COP27 climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt on Friday that his country is being heavily targeted by activists for its leading role in oil production. “The world is hoping to crucify us,” he lamented.

Despite many green agenda-loving bigwigs pushing for countries to ration the use of heating and cooling, the COP27 conference is reportedly blasting its elite attendees with air conditioning in 80-degree Egyptian heat.

The ongoing gas crisis has resulted in the German economy losing over $100 billion, a report from a major economics institute has claimed.

In order to help avert an energy catastrophe this winter, the head of Germany’s utility network wants to see his country sign a gas “solidarity pact” with Britain.

Despite the ongoing energy and cost of living crises facing Europe, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has argued that the ongoing Ukraine War is an excuse to accelerate his green agenda, rather than to backtrack and put the funding for such efforts elsewhere.

After reimplementing a ban on fracking in the country, a report has claimed that Britain is planning on alleviating its crippling energy crisis by buying natural gas from the United States.

The ambitious tax reform spearheaded by Colombia’s far-left president Gustavo Petro was finally approved by both chambers of Colombia’s Congress on Thursday. The tax plan, introduced by Petro a day after he took office in August, hopes to collect upwards of 20 billion Colombian Pesos ($4 billion) from 2023 onwards. 

President Joe Biden complained that oil companies were not drilling enough for oil, despite his long history of trying to block oil and gas production in the United States.

Over a third of hospitality sector businesses in Britain face closure by next year, a group of industry associations has claimed.

A minister within Germany’s ruling leftist coalition government has demanded fracking be legalised to try and boost gas supplies in the country.

Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Friday to protest the Czech government’s continued support of sanctions against Russia and call for an early election so that a new government can negotiate with Moscow before the winter energy crunch hits.

Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied Russian allegations that the Royal Navy directed Ukrainian drone strikes against the Black Sea Fleet and facilitated the “terrorist attack” on the Nord Stream pipelines.

Britain’s Royal Navy helped to execute the “terrorist attack” which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to the European Union, the Russian defence ministry has alleged.

President Joe Biden claimed Thursday that gas was over $5 a gallon when he took office in January 2021. Gas was only $2.33 per gallon when Joe Biden took office.

Any serious reduction in the use of gas by businesses in Germany will be down to companies downsizing or closing and not attempts to save energy, the head of one industry organisation said.

To the delight of green agenda advocates, fracking has once again been banned in England by the UK’s new Prime Minister despite the country facing a serious energy crisis.

Arch-Brexiteer Nigel Farage has warned of the possibility of “eco-terrorism” after climate crazies vandalised a think tank building in London.

Germany’s federal police are now preparing for blackouts in the country amid fears that the country could completely run out of natural gas.

LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – Voters in Slovenia on Sunday cast ballots to elect a new president of the European Union nation, with three main contenders leading the race but no clear winner in sight.