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German companies and public institutions should heat their offices to no more than 19 degrees Celsius this winter to help reduce the country's natural gas consumption, Economy Minister Robert Habeck said, as quoted by the Associated Press.

Germany, the largest economy in the European Union, is trying to quickly phase out its use of Russian natural gas in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

However, Germany uses more gas imported from Russia than many other EU countries.

Russia has already cut off gas exports to several EU countries, and many fear that Moscow will use gas exports as a political weapon to ease sanctions on Russia, or even stop exports to Europe altogether during the winter, when demand is highest. - high.

Economy Minister Robert Habeck said that while the 27 EU countries have pledged to cut their gas consumption by 15% from August compared to the previous five-year average, Germany must cut its consumption by 20%.

It also proposes a ban on heating non-commercial private pools, turning off heating in common areas of public buildings, such as lobbies, and turning off billboard lights between 10pm and 6am.

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