Jokowi's The Winter Is Coming Prediction Comes True: Europe's Pandemic And Energy Crisis

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) immediately affirmed The Winter Is Coming when opening the G20 1st Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting in Jakarta. According to the President, the challenges faced by the global community are increasingly dynamic.

Just so you know, The Winter Is Coming statement was made by the Head of State about four years ago at an international meeting of world countries. At that time, these quotes became very popular.

Sure enough, today President Jokowi proved his words that the global community is facing more complex problems.

“As I told the IMF – World Bank annual meeting in 2018, The Winter Is Coming. And right now, a tough winter is really coming,” he said through a virtual channel on Thursday, February 17.

According to him, the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic has never been imagined by any country. In fact, the destructive impact of the epidemic is quite great because it affects various aspects of life.

"The pandemic is not over and the world economy is still reeling," he said.

For this reason, the President encourages cooperation between governments to jointly find the best solution to the problems faced. This is because the pandemic has cross-border characteristics so that no single country can tackle this issue independently.

“In the current situation no single country can rise up alone. All countries are interconnected, no one is isolated," he stressed.

In VOI's note, the pandemic conditions make uncertainty continue. This is reflected in the increase in energy demand in the European region to deal with the cold winter which cannot be met by the supply side. As a result, the energy crisis was inevitable.

Furthermore, President Jokowi's statement is very relevant to be conveyed in the G20 forum, considering that this organization represents 80 percent of the world's economic power. The strategic policies taken by the members in it are believed to have a broad impact on all countries.

For this reason, efforts to create consensus that support the resolution of the COVID-19 pandemic problem are expected.