[Newsweek] Europe’s Energy Disunion

The EU had a plan to insure itself against Russia’s looming energy blackmail. Then came along France.

MADRID, SPAIN — JUNE 30: French President Emmanuel Macron © chats with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (L) before the start of the Heads of State North Atlantic Council round table meeting during the NATO Summit on June 30, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. During the summit in Madrid, NATO leaders will make the historic decision whether to increase the number of high-readiness troops above 300,000 to face the Russian threat. DENIS DOYLE/GETTY IMAGES

Europe has immense difficulty putting its money where its mouth is. Amidst ceaseless talk of “energy independence” in Brussels and national capitals, how much is the continent willing to invest to definitively wean itself off Russian…