The rest of Europe may not be at war, but is it ready for the sacrifices of a wartime economy? The Kremlin shutting the gas tap on Bulgaria and Poland may be but a prelude to a brutally swift transition away from Russian gas and oil. Deals will be dropped, money will be lost.
Will citizens revolt when they receive their next jaw-dropping energy bill? Or do they agree that the invasion of Ukraine once and for all ended the argument with those who espouse doing deals with Vladimir Putin as a means of encouraging peace through trade? Even Germany is changing course.
More broadly, at what point does staring down a threat matter more than making money?
Produced by Charles Wente, Juliette Laurain and Léopoldine Iribarren.
