'Sanctions are here to stay': How does Europe plan for winter without Russian gas?

Meanwhile in Paris, the French prime minister was rolling out the government's plan to get households and small businesses through the winter as bills skyrocket. To avoid blackouts, an extra sweater and quick showers are strongly recommended. 

Do EU citizens have the resolve to deal with what is quietly turning into a wartime economy, where strategic imperatives trump profit, creature comforts and individual priorities? Is saving energy compatible with a consumer society that's usually based on more, more and more?

Worries about the end of the month are real, but there is also the end of humanity. A rekindling of wildfires in France's southwestern Bordeaux region is a reminder that the freak weather of the summer of 2022 may in fact be the new normal the world over. How fast can we adapt?

Produced by Charles Wente, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz.

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