but european officials already aren't sounding too optimistic at all. french prime minister elizabeth belanger said earlier this week that french households could realistically face to our electrical blackouts. if the situation deteriorates. and french industry prepares for gas cuts as well. germany's rushing plan, a hail mary pass to avoid blackouts and shortages came into effect this week. you commission president ursula vander leon says that the energy market doesn't work because of russian president vladimir putin. but it's brussels that keeps insisting on fiddling with it. most recently pushing for a price cap ceiling on russian gas. former russian president to meet to be met via dev said that would result in. busy quote, no, russian gas in europe. meanwhile, g 7 countries adopted a cap on russian oil, which would also mean a loss of supply for those customers. according to moscow, the pattern here seems to be one of unilateral western sanctions against their own supply, followed by panic and scapegoating of moscow when they realize that while hay, their actions have consequences, as they