🇷🇺 supplied around 155bn cu meter of natural gas to EU countries last year, c 40% of the bloc’s total gas consumption. Brussels hopes to reduce that dependency by raising piped supply from countries such as Algeria & Norway, as well as ramping up LNG imports from further afield.
However, replacing all Russian gas into Europe would need an annual 112mn tonnes of LNG, equivalent to almost a third of today’s entire market, according to Bernstein Research.
Inflation expected to return to double figures - as chancellor Jeremy Hunt finds ways to claw back funds
ONS & economists have predicted it will show Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation increased to 10% in September, compared with 9.9% Aug news.sky.com/story/inflatio…
There is likely to be an increase, despite falls in petrol prices (which dropped by around 4% over the month) and used car prices.
Food inflation is predicted to have jumped to 14.3% from 13.1% in August -affecting low income families disproportionately
It’s official. 10.1%. And September is usually the figure used for updating benefits and pensions… but not if Hunt can get away with not doing so.
Schönbohm’s firing as president of Germany’s most important cybersecurity authority comes after recent media reports alleging he had links with people involved with Russian intelligence services.
“ The programme also focused on a Berlin-based cyber security company called Protelion that had until recently been a member of the council. The company, which was previously called Infotecs, was a subsidiary of a Russian company called OAO Infotecs.”
According to the research network Policy Network Analytics, OAO Infotecs was founded by a former employee of the KGB, whom Russian president Vladimir Putin had rewarded with an honorary medal.
My problem with this sort of polling is that the quality of the answers depend A LOT upon the understanding of those participating about the impact of particular conditions.
Do they REALLY understand how the SM works to reduce red tape?
That we share a regulatory and enforcement platform so we don’t NEED the form filling.
That the CU does not get rid of much of that related red tape. More about tariffs that the FTA already reduces.
Do they understand that, as members, we have a judge of our own on the ECJ panel, but we don’t when we just follow the rules.
Do they understand the clout of having votes as members to decide what the regulations we will have to follow to sell into the market..but don’t outside?