The European Commission will prepare a roadmap on behalf of member countries to permanently reduce Russian gas supplies. This morning an informal working breakfast was held between the ambassadors of the EU countries and the Commission to create the high-level group promoted by Germany and the Czech Republic in the last meeting of the Energy Council at the end of May.
From what we understand, the EU ambassadors agree on the common objective, but further discussion will be needed on the structure and exact methods. Member States indicated that the creation of such a group should be political rather than institutional and the Director General of DG Energy, Ditte Juul-Jorgensen, on behalf of the European Commission, would accept the task of developing a roadmap for achieve the common goal.
Around 14 billion cubic meters of Russian gas still arrive on the continent via Ukraine, which after the sabotage of the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline remains the only transit route for Russian gas to Europe by land. At the end of the year the trilateral contract that links Brussels to Moscow through Kiev will expire and therefore the two delegations have promoted the group to anticipate the times and study what actions to take to definitively eliminate energy dependence on the Kremlin.
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