BRUSSELS — After years of reducing its reliance on Russian gas, the European Union is moving to turn off the taps completely within the next two years. The European Commission (EC) on May 6 presented a detailed roadmap to fully sever the European Union’s energy dependence on Russia by 2027. Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen struck a defiant tone when announcing the plan: "No more shall Euros go into (Russia’s) war chest. Your gas will be banned. Your shadow fleet will be stopped." The plan ha
  • superkret@feddit.org
    9·
    2 days ago

    Better late than never, I guess.
    It’s a goddamn scandal, since the begin of the invasion Europe has transferred more money to Russia than to Ukraine.
    And since the oil and gas companies are all state-owned, 100% of that money went straight into the war chest.

  • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
    51·
    2 days ago

    Under the plans, imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas to European Union member states will be banned by the end of 2027.

    Taking their sweet time with this, huh…

    • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
      43·
      2 days ago

      They needed time to not hurt their industries. You know, like when you let your younger brother get beaten in the face so you can disguise yours and high tail it out of there 🥸.

  • ivorybean28@feddit.uk
    21·
    1 day ago

    As much as I hate Trump - the guy is right about China. Chineese are buying all the other gas - $245bn last year and that money is buying lots of weapons.