How Europe’s Energy Crisis Exposed Old Fault Lines and New Anxieties

<p>In the early days of its war on Ukraine, Russia cut off gas supplied to most of Europe, plunging the continent into the most severe energy crisis in decades.</p><p>Soaring prices have put some European leaders on the defensive over their support of Ukraine in the war as they navigate economic crises and bubbling unrest at home.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/matina-stevis-gridneff?smid=pc-thedaily">Matina Stevis-Gridneff</a>, the Brussels bureau chief for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>European countries are facing dwindling supplies of Russian natural gas. The scarcity has <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/world/europe/european-commission-natural-gas-germany.html">distorted the market</a>, driving gas prices to historic highs and pulling up the price of electricity.</li><li>The downfall of Britain’s prime minister <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/world/europe/inflation-prices-britain-ukraine-russia.html">sent perhaps the clearest signal yet</a> that political peril awaits those who fail to address inflation and the erosion of living standards.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>