Entire industries in Germany could collapse due to Russian natural-gas supply cuts: union head
Roberto Pfeil - Pool/Getty ImagesEurope's largest economy is heavily reliant on natural gas piped in from Russia.
A key gas pipeline will shut from July 11-21 for maintenance amid fears supplies will not resume after that.Entire industries in Germany could collapse due to natural-gas supply cuts from Russia, said Yasmin Fahimi, the country's top union official. "Entire branches of industry are in danger of collapsing permanently because of the gas bottlenecks: aluminum, glass, the chemical industry," Fahimi, the head of the German Federation of Trade Unions, toldThe chemical industry, which employs about 346,000 people, is the third-largest industry in Germany, according toGermany — Europe's largest economy — is reliant on piped natural gas from Russia, which accounts...
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