“The European Union is facing its harshest winter since 2022,” — EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen

The Financial Times is reporting today, September 25, 2026, on Jørgensen’s warning. According to the report, Europe is facing the “worst winter” in terms of energy prices since the 2022 energy crisis. The background is, in particular, the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East and problems with energy supplies.

The Handelsblatt reports similarly: "Concern about a gas shortage is spreading among German companies. For example, the chemical company Covestro confirmed that, as an industrial company, it sees a certain risk to gas supplies over the winter."

Not many people understand that gas is not only used for heating — the chemical industry, once another world champion of Germany alongside the automotive industry, needs it almost even more urgently.

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