While the third session of interinstitutional negotiations (‘trilogue’) on the ‘REPowerEU’ regulation, scheduled for 7.30 pm on Tuesday 2 December, had not yet begun at the time of writing, the European Commissioner for Energy, Dan Jørgensen, indicated earlier in the day that the EU had the opportunity “to make history tonight and change the course of our energy future”.
This regulation, for which an agreement before the end of the year was still hoped for, aims to abandon all imports of Russian gas (LNG and pipeline gas) into the EU by the end of 2027.
Nevertheless, the main areas of tension between the EU Council and the European Parliament had not been resolved before the start of this new discussion session – initially scheduled to be the last.
The points on the agenda remain those relating to penalties, the suspension clause in the settlement, the ban on Russian oil and the dates for the withdrawal of Russian gas from pipelines (see EUROPE 13763/10).
In a document dated 27 November, the European Commission sets out the reasons why ending imports of Russian pipeline gas before the end of 2027, as called for by the European Parliament, would pose a risk to energy prices.
To consult the document: https://aeur.eu/f/jst (Original version in French by Pauline Denys and Anne Damiani)