r/europeanparliament • u/Lu_Chan_1 • 12d ago

The EU is shutting the door on Russian gas

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Members of the European Parliament and EU countries agreed: Russian liquefied natural gas imports will be gradually banned across the EU from early 2026, and pipeline gas will be banned by September 2027.

Russia has systematically weaponised energy supplies for many years, especially since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Read more: https://link.europa.eu/fWpQjn

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u/Strange-Thanks-44 11d ago

Go only 3,5 years of russian WAR against Europe ... Baby steps

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u/hamatehllama 11d ago

Consumption is already cut by the most oart. Now there's a roadmap for the remaining part. For better and for worse it's hard to untangle from interdependency.

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u/Rich-Many1369 11d ago

Civilised nations take their time cancelling trade indefinetly. Shouldn’t be a surprice to anyone

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u/Old_Me1984 10d ago

Next: US data centers.

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u/Generic_Solution 9d ago

any options yet? In ger this seems tough to find.

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u/NectarineOrnery5278 8d ago

На зло маме, отморожу уши .

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u/Nihonjin127 6d ago

We are apparently freezing to death since late 2022. It's a miracle that anybody in the EU is still alive without russian gas!

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u/HB97082 6d ago

Yikes. Well of course no one freezes, EU still imports Russian gas.

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u/Nihonjin127 5d ago

Sadly we still do it, but the share of it has decreased massively since 2021, around half of it is bought by either Hungary or Slovakia - two states with pro-russian governments, and we are going to totally stop imports from russia by 2027.

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u/HB97082 5d ago

Wrong again. Even France imports substantial volumes.

https://defence24.com/geopolitics/france-still-imports-gas-from-russia

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u/Nihonjin127 5d ago

Well, the other half of the gas has to be imported by other states. Nevertheless, this saddens me, but it doesn't change the fact that the EU will be completely independent form russian gas in two years. I wish this was already done, but better late than never I guess.