{"id":905719,"date":"2026-04-20T00:22:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/905719\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:22:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:22:52","slug":"germanys-merz-to-convene-national-security-council-on-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/905719\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany’s Merz to convene National Security Council on energy crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to convene the National Security Council “soon” to address the country’s energy and fuel supply situation.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the opening of the Hannover Messe trade fair, Merz said the aim was to ensure the reliable supply of key fuels such as diesel, petrol and aviation kerosene.<\/p>\n

“The situation is tense, but supply is secure. If conditions worsen, we are prepared to act,” he said.<\/p>\n

The National Security Council, established last year by Merz’s coalition government, is intended to enable rapid responses to crises.<\/p>\n

It brings together members of the federal government and security agencies and may also include representatives from Germany\u2019s federal states.<\/p>\n

Merz stressed that safeguarding supply chains remains a top priority and that the government would use “all available instruments” to maintain stability.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Economy Minister Katherina Reiche said contingency measures were being prepared in case of kerosene shortages, while warning against alarmism.<\/p>\n

“Panic about kerosene does not help,” she told dpa, noting that supply conditions vary by market. Reiche said she and the Transport Ministry have invited industry stakeholders to talks on Monday involving airports, airlines and fuel suppliers.<\/p>\n

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German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks at the opening of the Hanover Trade Fair. Michael Matthey\/dpa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"German Chancellor Friedrich Merz plans to convene the National Security Council “soon” to address the country’s energy and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":905720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5310],"tags":[2000,299,1945,15439,1824,254779,82583,22528,254780],"class_list":{"0":"post-905719","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-friedrich-merz","11":"tag-german-chancellor","12":"tag-germany","13":"tag-hanover-trade-fair","14":"tag-katherina-reiche","15":"tag-national-security-council","16":"tag-supply-conditions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116434187534690140","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=905719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/905719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/905720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=905719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=905719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=905719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}