As gas prices in Europe soar following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission unveiled, on Tuesday 8 March in Strasbourg, on the sidelines of a debate on the subject with MEPs, guidelines in the form of a communication, aimed at making the European Union independent of Russian fossil fuels well before 2030 and responding to rising energy prices.
“We need to act now to mitigate the impact of rising energy prices, diversify our gas supply for next winter and accelerate the...