Europe must prepare for next winter now as the threat of an energy crisis still remains, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

" But we're still in danger. Now we need to prepare for next winter,” she said..

At the same time, she noted that gas prices in Europe are now lower than before the full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine..

“We were able to replace most of the Russian fossil fuels that we used to import. Our gas storage facilities are still 80% full, which is the highest figure for this period of the year,” says Laen..

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The EC President noted that factors such as warm weather and a lockdown in China also helped prevent an energy crisis this winter, due to which it imported fewer resources, and their prices, accordingly, did not increase from this..

In addition, the EU has managed to double the amount of additional renewable energy in the last year..

" And we managed to double the amount of additional renewable energy. But we are not out of the woods yet. Now we have to prepare for next winter. " twitter. com/tHvQjsT8sE.

— European Commission? (@EU_Commission) January 21, 2023.

In the spring and summer of 2022, most European countries argued that it would take them years to phase out Russian gas, and Russia’s successive cuts in supplies during the traditional filling of gas storage facilities caused panic and record price increases at the European hub. How the Europeans managed to avoid the crisis, Alexander Kharchenko and Maria Yakub explain in the article "