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Putin Turns Off Europe’s Gas: Will the EU Run Out?

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It seems that Putin’s strategy to weaponise gas and energy supply may be working, with Europe experiencing some pain already. However, it seems the EU is beginning to prepare for what could be a tough winter. So will Europe run out of gas?

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  1. @ctcole77

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    a year later and The Russian Fascist Federation of Adolf Putin is about to collapse.

  2. @drachenfels6782

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    You guys should have 2 or 3 years down the line recap what you said, what was expected, and what happened. That would be a super awesome feature. I watched this episode ~9 months ago and rewatched it right now. Wondering was will happen in winter 2024. Sort of diary, what will happen if…

  3. @69elchupacabra69

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    5:29 what, are you guys really that incompetent or are you intentionally fucking up something in every video?

  4. @MathieuDeVinois

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Austria has gas storage of 95TWh and is close to 80% now. Don’t know where you get your data from.

  5. @reviewmaster4x467

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    And it's the UK 🇬🇧 at war with Russia 🇷🇺 but using Ukraine to fight it so expect to run out when the EU falls apart because of it.

  6. @billybunter5575

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    well then theres only one alternative thats to open up the coal mines and in this day and age you cant tell me they cant come up with someway of burning coal cleanly because if they can send a man to the moon of invent electric cars then surly they can burn coal using the same method on a car its called a catalytic converter because i cant see this country running on gas for much longer so come on all you scientific nerds you know you can burn coal cleanly so get off your back sides and start thinking.

  7. @riandaheininga465

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    I can stand the cold I LOVE the cold!

  8. @riandaheininga465

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Our gas our leaders are dumb and Putin is cruel..

  9. @katme8055

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Never buy anything from Russia

  10. @greenleafend4games

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Ursula running on private jets…having a private chef ready at all times in her office… living as a bureaucratical parasite her whole life on my tax money, wants to tell me to use cold water in the winter because I'm too greedy. Interesting stuff.

  11. @thisismetoday

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    It is a little ironic listening to this Brit explaining how (and I am paraphrasing) mainland Europeans may have to freeze in the upcoming winter as they potentially have to cut energy usage by 15 per cent. When you compare Germany with the UK for example, in Germany most flats/houses are so well isolated that energy costs are always lower than in the UK. When I was living in London, it was normal for people to wear their jackets/jumpers inside their houses in winter because of poor isolation and high energy prices (this was a few years ago already). When I was living in Hamburg, all flats were so well isolated that you didn't have to heat much at all. And I never wore a jacket or jumper in winter when inside a flat. That means, that if people have to cut their energy usage by 15 per cent in Germany in the upcoming winter, they may be equally as cold as Brits have always been in their homes. They will definitely not be colder than what I experienced in a British home in winter in the past.

  12. @thisismetoday

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    7:02 No, there really isn't a "clear paralell" between those two vastly different situations. What does Greece wanting to be bailed out of their debt have anything to do with the current issue of figuring out the best way to circumvent Russian energy dependency?
    I am not sure whether it is because this is a UK-based channel, but I've noticed in the past how the channel is very eager to declare Germany as responsible/at fault for everything that's going on in the EU, and as if they are behaving in a bullying manner. They are simply not. Please be more fact-based and less opinionated in your videos (that claim to be explanatory and not pushing a preferred narrative).

  13. @thisismetoday

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    I don't think you realise how ready most mainland Europeans are to take a hit (read: be cold this winter) if it means supporting Ukraine, and rejecting Putin.

    The governments just reiterate what we – the demos – are feeling. No one has Jimmy Carter in mind, I can assure you.

  14. @bwhog

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    In many countries, a very large component of gas consumption is power generation. Anything that can be done to substitute different forms of large scale power generation (such as Germany is doing with trying to restart some of its coal plants), the easier it will be to redirect those gas supplies for commercial and residential use. Also, asking Biden to do more to enable exportation of LNG from the US, where it is in abundance, over to Europe would help alleviate the situation.

  15. @geraldmerkowitz4360

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Restraint, but mostly cutting waste. How often have I seen idiots opening the window because they've heated too much!

  16. @bruhmoment2312

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    As a guy from Poland all of this just seems so surreal and downright unbelievable, that the rest of Europe really didn't think that Putin would cut off the gas, their gas storage should be nearly full, why do they not move away from Russia's influence? They're literally a terrorist country, and yet "the democratic and free world" tries to do business with them.
    "Free world" my ass.

  17. @superdeluxesmell

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    He’ll of a lot of sacrifices for a country I’d more or less never heard of last year. Politicians seem to think their mandate is global in nature these days, no sense of the fact that their job is to manage the welfare of their own country. Bad things will come of this.

  18. @slivnik

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    What the EU should be doing is dissolving itself.

  19. @treich1234

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    Heat Pumps to the rescue

  20. @OnSilverWings

    March 1, 2024 at 8:35 pm

    We rallied behind changes during WW2 with rationing and planting your own food. We have Kennedy's famous "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country." It can be done but it's obvious going to require some leadership and effort

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Trump’s Plan for a “Tiered” NATO Explained

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Some NATO members are concerned about Trump’s Bergen Group becoming a VIP club. We take a look at whether Trump is trying to split NATO, if he even could, and what it could mean for the future of the alliance.

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Allies left out:
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/30/trump-nato-allies-left-out-01100310
https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/05/us-meeting-in-poland-excluding-france-uk-baltic-risks-dividing-nato
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/britain-excluded-us-talks-nato-120655191.html
https://www.politico.eu/article/european-allies-push-back-against-us-led-nato-vip-club/

“Loyalty test” questionnaire:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/19/pentagon-quizzes-nato-allies-on-political-loyalty-documents-reveal
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/09/04/us-nato-europe-troops-survey-loyalty-survey/91595311007/

Threat perceptions:
Us on middle east/asia https://www.brookings.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/FP_20201210_indo_pacific_ohanlon.pdf
European threat perceptions:
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/europe-grappling-its-identity-well-russian-aggression
https://thediplomatinspain.com/en/2025/09/05/spain-and-the-sahel-security-at-stake-after-international-withdrawal/
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-906473

NATO:
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/introduction-to-nato/defence-expenditures-and-natos-5-commitment
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/text-of-speech-by-robert-gates-on-the-future-of-nato/
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/commentary/trackers-and-data-visualizations/nato-defense-spending-tracker/
https://www.nato.int/en/what-we-do/operations-and-missions/nato-operations-and-missions
https://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-comparison-detail.php?country1=norway&country2=denmark

Bits and bobs that don’t neatly fit into a category:
https://economy-finance.ec.europa.eu/economic-forecast-and-surveys/economic-forecasts/spring-2025-economic-forecast-moderate-growth-amid-global-economic-uncertainty/economic-impact-higher-defence-spending_en
https://www.economist.com/europe/2019/11/07/emmanuel-macron-warns-europe-nato-is-becoming-brain-dead

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Why an ECB Bailout Looks Increasingly Inevitable

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We’re taking another look at France’s fiscal crisis; why it presents the European Central Bank (or ECB) with a difficult dilemma; and why some sort of ECB bailout is perhaps more likely than is commonly assumed.

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France bond yield data
https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-bond-yield
https://www.worldgovernmentbonds.com/spread/france-10-years-vs-germany-10-years/

France debt/deficit data:
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/en/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-21102026-bp
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-22/france-s-deficit-to-widen-as-economic-growth-slows-imf-says
https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/GGXCNL_G01_GDP_PT@FM/FM_EMG/FM_LIDC/FRA

Odds for next French presidential election:
https://polymarket.com/event/next-french-presidential-election

Le Pen platform evaluated:
https://www.politico.eu/article/le-pen-unveils-economic-platform-stuffed-with-eye-watering-cuts-but-few-new-ideas/
https://think.ing.com/articles/frances-national-rally-fiscal-plan-faces-major-delivery-risks/

TPI applicability:
https://x.com/lugaricano/status/2106041147567047152

Le Pen on leaving the euro in 2017:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38511058

Melenchon partial default plans:
https://www.ft.com/content/1b416427-0e86-40c0-9536-c31d76635313?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Market reaction to “whatever it takes”:
https://www.bruegel.org/policy-brief/effectiveness-european-central-banks-asset-purchase-programme

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Can Trump, Putin and Xi Actually End the War in Ukraine?

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In this video, we’ll discuss what a trilateral deal (between Russia, China and the US) over Ukraine could look like, what motivates the participants and whether the meeting will even happen at all.

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Trilateral meeting details
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/putin-proposes-summit-with-trump-xi-discuss-ukraine-deal-wsj-says-2026-10-19/
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-witkoff-putin-trump-zelenskyy-talks-3f00c0c6fd10bab948c2c3f8502e0a91?taid=6ad8c19bf6d6f300019ef9ee&utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
https://apec.org/who-we-are/our-members
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

China
https://www.csis.org/analysis/russias-turn-china-under-sanctions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%27s_Position_on_the_Political_Settlement_of_the_Ukrainian_Crisis
https://www.dw.com/en/germanys-baerbock-says-china-can-help-end-ukraine-war/a-65566298
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/trump-says-he-is-open-joining-trilateral-meeting-with-xi-putin-2026-10-19/
https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng./xw/zwbd/202609/t20260929_12033002.html
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/fyrbt/202610/t20261020_12043752.html

Russia
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/europe/kyiv-under-pressure-as-trump-and-putin-cozy-up-analysis
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k1xj0d708o

The US
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/19/world/europe/trump-zelensky-putin-ukraine-war.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP0tOwHnuSM

Ukraine
https://www.npr.org/2026/10/10/nx-s1-5996938/u-s-and-russia-tout-diesel-deal-to-ease-sanctions-and-reopen-fuel-flows
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/10/20/politics/starshield-ukraine-elon-musk
https://kyivindependent.com/its-significant-ukraine-fears-us-is-withholding-allied-funded-air-defense-supplies-to-pressure-kyiv/
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261019-putin-xi-and-trump-could-meet-at-apec-summit-kremlin

Europe
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/us-floats-unfreezing-some-russian-assets-restart-ukraine-peace-talks-ft-reports-2026-10-14/
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/08/us-and-russia-explore-nord-stream-restart-sources-say-a93916

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How “Macronism” Failed

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In this video, we thought we’d take a look at how it all went wrong for Macron: what he promised when he came to power, why much of it fell apart, and where France seems headed next.

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X posts:
https://x.com/EmmanuelMacron/status/2111880065088975333?s=20
https://x.com/JLMelenchon/status/2111882865197625588?s=20
https://x.com/MLP_officiel/status/2111849200379932912?s=20

France finances:

https://tradingeconomics.com/france/government-bond-yield
https://www.ft.com/content/9b252b46-a87c-45e7-a09a-45a39ce077b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1

Protest coverage:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crwyd02yz22vo
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2026/10/17/france-faces-day-of-combined-protests_6758706_7.html
https://www.ft.com/content/7bd4ac59-61e6-4604-a96a-26e7096bf768?shareType=nongiftFrance

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Why Gen Z Protests Are Spreading to Europe

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The Gen Z protests in France have started to spread cross-border through to Spain, Portugal, Italy, and are continuing in Albania and Serbia, so, in this video, we’re taking a look at the underlying reasons behind these protests and what happens next.

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Europe Gen Z Protests
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/10/20/italy-spain-belgium-portugal-social-unrest-spreads-across-europe-amid-soaring-energy-prices-and-a-housing-crisis_6759435_4.html
https://www.rte.ie/news/a-european-perspective/2026/1020/1596095-spain-youth-protests/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/18/europe-protests-france-spain-portugal-2026-explainer
https://davekeating.substack.com/p/is-europe-about-to-have-an-1848-moment

France
https://youtu.be/D0lLgflRMKs
https://youtu.be/6Ilr4T6H9lY
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c893v4gx2e47t

Italy
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/milan-luxury-shops-close-italy-to-deploy-troops-youth-protests-europe
https://timesofmalta.com/article/empty-shelves-eurospin-mosta-amid-fuel-protests-italy.1135882

Spain
https://youtu.be/HZs6eG1lB4I?si=09RhFsoQKhiA5m_t
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2kej47095no
https://www.idealista.com/sala-de-prensa/informes-precio-vivienda/alquiler/madrid-comunidad/madrid-provincia/madrid/historico/
https://www.idealista.com/sala-de-prensa/informes-precio-vivienda/venta/madrid-comunidad/madrid-provincia/madrid/historico/
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/ilc_lvps08/default/table

Portugal
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261017-tents-spring-up-in-lisbon-as-portugal-housing-protests-spread
https://www.idealista.pt/media/relatorios-preco-habitacao/venda/historico/
https://www.idealista.pt/media/relatorios-preco-habitacao/arrendamento/historico/

Serbia
https://youtu.be/Fjy6mFrB4gA?si=qo4y1xYBdUSAC0LS
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-students-election-vucic-b063b0ad14261bb74ad415bfed141941

Albania
https://youtu.be/pWa-aKVUmkE?si=E9x4fgsMM6pYzrgs
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmy4xjlpqgd3o

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01:01 – France
02:05 – Italy
03:08 – Spain
04:10 – Portugal
04:39 – Albania
05:57 – Serbia
06:56 – Conclusion
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