US EditionEU Unveils Plan to End Russian Gas Imports by 2027
- The European Union plans to unveil a roadmap on Tuesday outlining how to phase out all Russian fossil fuel imports by 2027 across its 27 member states.
- This roadmap follows the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and aims to sever long-standing energy ties amid challenges like Hungary and Slovakia's opposition to sanctions.
- The plan includes legal efforts to annul existing gas contracts, exploring force majeure claims, while also seeking alternatives such as increased U.S. liquefied natural gas imports.
- In 2024, the EU paid on average 274% more for Russian LNG than in early 2021, with Russia still supplying over 15% of EU gas deliveries, largely under long-term contracts held by firms like TotalEnergies.
- The roadmap signals continued efforts but faces complex legal hurdles and unanimous member-state approval challenges, implying that a complete ban or embargo remains uncertain by 2027.
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The real winner of Europe’s Russia policy
The EU’s suicide by a thousand sanctions continues unabated. Apparently unsatisfied with the economic and industrial fallout it has already inflicted on Europe over the past three years, the European Commission unveiled earlier this month a new plan to eliminate all Russian energy imports within two years — including gas, liquefied natural gas, oil and enriched uranium for nuclear power plants. As part of its updated REPowerEU roadmap, the Commi
"Doppelt so!": In Germany, they calculated how much independence from Russian gas cost: EADaily
EADaily, May 26th, 2025. The cost of American liquefied natural gas imported to Europe is twice as high (in German: doppelt so) as the price of Russian LNG, the journalists of the Berliner Zeitung newspaper calculated based on data for the first quarter of 2025.
Liquefied natural gas from the United States is expensive. Quite expensive. But for ideological reasons one dispenses with cheap pipeline gas from Russia. This harms consumers and industry in Europe. How long can this go well? The calculation for Europe's ruined energy transition is gradually becoming visible – and it is higher than some had expected. While the European Union is increasingly relying on the completely unreliable "renewable" such …
Energy Independence or Economic Burden? Hungary’s Road to Decoupling from Russian Hydrocarbons
The European Commission has outlined a roadmap to end Europe’s reliance on Russian energy, with plans to ban all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas imports to EU member states by the end of 2027. The main aim is to prevent Russia from using energy as a geopolitical tool and to cut off indirect financial support for Russia’s actions.[1] The roadmap includes measures to gas: stop all imports of Russian gas by the end of 2027 by improving the …
The EU no longer wants to import Russian gas. Energy companies are already running diversification programmes. One example is Uniper.
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