The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the Executive Vice-President, Maroš Šefčovič, and the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, issued a joint statement on Friday 17 May, on the eve of the two-year anniversary of the REPowerEU strategy, welcoming the collective efforts being made to reduce the EU's energy dependency following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
“We have massively reduced Russian energy imports, squeezing the...