Germany’s legions of clubs and associations are the “glue holding society together”, said Thomas Schröer. How, he asked, will the government prevent them being killed off by soaring energy costs?
Schröer, 60, posed the question at a town-hall meeting in the western city of Essen last week that revealed the deep angst felt by ordinary Germans exposed to one of the worst energy crunches in their country’s history.
The man they wanted answers from was German chancellor Olaf Scholz. In power for less than three months when Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine threatened Europe’s energy security, Scholz must now figure out how to keep the lights on this winter while staving off a cost of living crisis that could plunge millions into poverty.
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