The main causes are the gas crisis and the fact that France has shut down around half of its nuclear reactors due to corrosion and cooling problems, so Germany now has to burn even more gas and coal for electricity exports to France.
> And why Italians always manage to be first in the worst ranking?
in this specific case 3 reason:
- Italy relies on natural gas, we had long standing relationships with Libya and Algeria for that, unfortunately France bombed Libya to kill Gheddafi (to claim control of the area mainly) and that destabilized the area [1]
- Italy relies on close countries to buy electricity, especially France. Now that they have switched off nuclear plants, electricity from France costs more.
- we are in electoral campaign, elections are next month, a good chunk of the right wing political landscape supports (or doesn't strongly oppose) Putin, they hope that by creating an energy crisis in Italy, people will vote for them. Which is probably what's really going to happen, for Putin's delight. [2]
[1] WikiLekas has a lot of documents on it, it's also one of the interventions that costed Hillary Clinton the elections.
skrause|3 years ago
halper|3 years ago
peoplefromibiza|3 years ago
in this specific case 3 reason:
- Italy relies on natural gas, we had long standing relationships with Libya and Algeria for that, unfortunately France bombed Libya to kill Gheddafi (to claim control of the area mainly) and that destabilized the area [1]
- Italy relies on close countries to buy electricity, especially France. Now that they have switched off nuclear plants, electricity from France costs more.
- we are in electoral campaign, elections are next month, a good chunk of the right wing political landscape supports (or doesn't strongly oppose) Putin, they hope that by creating an energy crisis in Italy, people will vote for them. Which is probably what's really going to happen, for Putin's delight. [2]
[1] WikiLekas has a lot of documents on it, it's also one of the interventions that costed Hillary Clinton the elections.
[2] https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/08/10/italy-election-russia-u...
EDIT: I understand that on HN people don't like political opinions, but these are not my opinions. added notes.
wewxjfq|3 years ago