EU Reducing Reliance on Russian Energy Faster Than Expected, Official Says
The European Union’s “disengagement” from Russian energy supplies since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine last year “has worked faster than we expected,” Kadri Simson, the EU’s energy commissioner, said at an EU-U.S. Energy Council meeting this week. The bloc has been able to reduce its dependence on Russian energy partly by buying more gas from the U.S. -- Simson said the EU “more than doubled” its imports of U.S. liquefied natural gas last year.
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“Russia's aggression triggered global disruptions and an unprecedented shift in the EU energy system,” she said. “I believe this is not a temporary situation, but marks a structural change in Europe's energy outlook and trade orientation.”