The “terrifying” 12-billion-euro loss that Germany’s largest gas importer, Uniper, posted in the first half of 2022 must serve as a wake-up call for German energy policy. Germany must never again be as dependent on a single energy supplier as it was with Russia. Every single euro is a message

This week’s announcement of a new gas levy of 2.4 cents per kilowatt hour, to go into effect in October, has sparked opposition from households and industry, who fear that the higher costs on top of already high energy prices will lead to financial difficulties for the former and production