US EditionEU on Track to End Russian Gas Imports by End of 2027
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POLITICO, October 20, 2025 – After three years of thinking, pleading and concessions, the EU has decided enough is enough. On Monday, the organization’s 27 member states adopted a new law that…
EU energy ministers have agreed to phase out all Russian gas. New contracts will be banned from 1 January 2026. Short-term contracts that already exist will run until 17 June 2026 and long-term contracts until 1 January 2028. Hungary and Slovakia voted no – but are now being overridden by qualified majority. The next step is final negotiations with the EU Parliament, which wants to go both faster and further, also with oil.
EU to end Russian gas imports, Trump comments on Ukraine war - Monday brief
The European Union has approved a ban on Russian natural gas imports to the bloc from the end of 2027. US President Donald Trump does not believe Ukraine will win the war with Russia, but does not rule out such a possibility.
Europe takes historic step: EU to cut off Russian gas imports by 2027
Today, the European Union made a historic decision - after 2027, the import of Russian gas to all member countries will stop. The decision was adopted at a meeting of energy ministers in Luxembourg, where only Hungary and Slovakia, landlocked countries, were against. The European Commission proposed this measure, and a qualified majority in the Council was sufficient for its passage. Now negotiations with the European Parliament follow, whose co…
EU energy ministers approve ban on Russian gas imports EU energy ministers approved on Monday the total ban on Russian gas imports by the end of 2027, proposed by the Commission in the spring. "I expect us to have the majority required to support this measure," said the Danish energy minister Lars Aagaard, who chairs this ministerial meeting in Luxembourg, once endorsed by the Twenty-Seven, the measure will still have to be negotiated with the E…
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