The dilemma

Germany's Chancellor is direct. European households cannot afford gas at current prices. He is asking Algeria to sell at or near cost for 90 days, framed as a humanitarian emergency. No political conditions are attached. You have a few seconds of silence to decide how to open the conversation.

Your options

1. Ask for 48 hours to model what is possible. Get your energy team on a call tomorrow.
2. Tell the Chancellor that Algeria's schools and hospitals run on this revenue. Your first duty is to your own people.
3. Say you are open to discussing it, but a 90-day mercy deal solves nothing. You want a permanent energy partnership.