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Chancellor Olaf Scholz's blinkered focus on German rather than EU priorities in the energy crisis is blowing up on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, whose all-important French and Italian commissioners are now breaking ranks to cry foul about Berlin's behavior.
Facing heavy pressure from industry and consumers — and voters in regional elections in Lower Saxony on Sunday — Scholz is taking a go-it-alone approach to pouring up to €200 billion into the German economy to help cushion the impact of soaring energy prices.