When political leaders return from their unusually hot summer holidays, they will soon face the spectre of an exceptionally cold winter.
With gas and oil prices skyrocketing due to the war in Ukraine, energy bills will leave millions of citizens struggling to stay warm and make ends meet.
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Sam van der Staak is a policy expert on democratic developments in Europe, and heads the Europe Programme at the Stockholm-based think tank the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA).