The European Commission briefed the ministers of the Member States at the Energy Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 19 June on recent developments in external energy relations and preparations for the winter.
As far as natural gas is concerned, thanks to the implementation of the ‘REPowerEU’ plan (see EUROPE B12955A4), the share of Russian gas in the EU’s total pipeline imports has fallen to around 8%. However, it is possible that Russian imports will cease altogether or that...