, oil, and especially gas and explains why the wait-and-see attitude of the German government towards a complete import ban …

on a specific product, the existence of production in the EU and a long-term comparative advantage for this product, as … many other public spending needs. The main criteria of the analytical scheme are the degree of critical import dependency … sufficient de-risking of critical import dependencies. This is illustrated using several examples, including raw materials …

competition. The paper considers from an administrative perspective how the production and application potentials are distributed …

energy inputs to production, heating and mobility have risen sharply as well as food prices. As a possible policy response to … these rising prices, the reduction of the VAT to zero on basic food is being discussed. In the debate many counter …