While admitting the current situation is \u201ctense,\u201d Merz said the country had sufficient access to the key fuels at the moment. But, he added, \u201cif conditions worsen, we are prepared to act,\u201d and insisted \u201call available instruments\u201d would be used to ensure security of supply.<\/p>\n
Germany’s National Security Council<\/a>, which is composed of key government ministers and sectoral experts, was set up last year to coordinate rapid responses to major threats. The decision to convene the group signals Berlin believes the jet fuel shortage could become a significant problem. <\/p>\n Economy Minister Katherina Reiche last week unveiled contingency plans<\/a> and is set to meet with fuel suppliers, airline representatives and airport operators on Monday. <\/p>\n Germany\u2019s move to prepare for a possible crisis situation contrasts with Brussels’ efforts to downplay concerns. EU Transport Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas on Friday said<\/a> there was \u201cno indication\u201d of jet fuel shortages \u2014 even as airlines including KLM and Lufthansa cut back on flights in response to skyrocketing fuel prices.<\/p>\n Industry experts warn that even if shipping flows through the Strait of Hormuz normalize, prices are expected to remain high for the foreseeable future. International Air Transport Association Director General Willie Walsh earlier this month said<\/a> it could take \u201ca period of months\u201d for fuel supplies to return to normal levels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While admitting the current situation is \u201ctense,\u201d Merz said the country had sufficient access to the key fuels…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2460,5802,5803,1291,393,2374,5,253,57,2241,3469,1009,481,2379],"class_list":{"0":"post-5886","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-airlines","9":"tag-airports","10":"tag-apostolos-tzitzikostas","11":"tag-diesel","12":"tag-friedrich-merz","13":"tag-fuels","14":"tag-germany","15":"tag-iran","16":"tag-israel","17":"tag-oil","18":"tag-shipping","19":"tag-transport","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-war-in-iran"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}