Europe’s Self-Made Energy Crisis

Men work at the construction site of the so-called Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Lubmin, northeastern Germany, on March 26, 2019. The Nord Stream 2 pipeline will double the capacity to ship gas from Russia to Germany via the waters of Finland, Sweden, and Denmark. The pipeline has faced opposition from many countries in eastern and central Europe, the United States, and particularly Ukraine because it risks increasing Europe's dependence on Russian natural gas. Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images

Commentary

The European energy crisis is poised to go from very bad to unimaginably worse. While all eyes are on Ukraine and Russia, Europe’s energy woes are largely self-made, not due to outside forces.