EU sets 2027 as deadline to phase out all Russian energy, including LNG

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EU sets 2027 as deadline to phase out all Russian energy, including LNG  Imports of Russian oil, gas and nuclear materials must stop by 2027 at the very latest, Brussels has proposed in a new ambitious strategy.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/06/eu-sets-2027-as-deadline-to-phase-out-all-russian-energy-including-lng  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00The European Union has set 2027 as the target for ending its dependence on Russian energy.

00:10On Tuesday, the European Commission presented its roadmap for eliminating the last imports

00:14of gas, oil and uranium.

00:17Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the EU has already significantly reduced its independence.

00:23Gas imports have fallen from 45% in 2021 to 19% last year.

00:29They should reach 13% by 2025.

00:33The share of Russian oil has fallen from 27% in 2022 to 3% today.

00:39For the Commission, it's necessary to go further in order to avoid any blackmail from Moscow.

00:44Putin has shown many times that he's willing to weaponize energy and that is obviously

00:49not a very nice situation to be in for the European Union's member states.

00:53So that's reason number one.

00:55Reason number two is that we have been buying Russian gas and energy in the last couple

01:00of years for billions of euros and those money they go directly to the war chest of Putin

01:07and that is of course also something that we need to stop.

01:09To achieve this, the Commission is proposing to ban new contracts with Russian gas suppliers

01:14by the end of the year.

01:16For the remaining imports, the longer term contracts purchases will have to cease in 2027.

01:22The Energy Commissioner hopes that the proposal will be adopted by all member states.

01:27However, unanimity is not required in order to avoid any paralysis caused by a capital.

01:33Hungary and Slovakia have expressed their reservations in the past.

01:37It's also very clear that the proposals that I put forward today do not need unanimity.

01:43So, a qualified majority can adopt this.

01:48And this also means that if there are a few countries that do not support, then unfortunately

01:54we will have to go ahead anyway.

01:56Because this is so important for the security of the Union, it's so important for the solidarity

02:01that we need to show with Ukraine, that even though I obviously hope for full support,

02:09a majority can also vote this through.

02:12Unlike sanctions, these import bans do not have to be renewed at regular intervals.

02:18Which again is a way of preventing a member state from blocking the Union.

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