Ernst tweeted criticizing federal authorities for bragging about the Doha deal.

“Our government celebrates its LNG agreement with Qatar and boasts of big figures, but in reality those two million tons correspond to three percent of German gas consumption,” he wrote.

After the start of Russia’s special operation in Ukraine, supplies of Russian gas to European countries were almost completely cut down, following sanctions imposed by the European Union itself, causing the continent to spend more than ever and suffer economic difficulties.

Last September, the German press revealed that in some areas of the country, such as the outskirts of Berlin, a consumer must pay between 700 and 1,515 euros per month for electricity service, when they formerly paid around 145.

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