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War in Ukraine: is the EU continuing to import Russian gas?
War in Ukraine: is the EU continuing to import Russian gas?
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Friday March 15, Marie Toussaint, head of the environmentalist list for the European elections, affirmed that the European Union continues to import Russian gas. An update on the situation with journalist Anaïs Crouts, present on the 19/20 info set.
Russia is very present in the European election campaign. Marie Toussaint, head of the environmentalist list, affirmed on Friday March 15 that the European Union has continued to import Russian gas since the start of the war in Ukraine, even though sanctions have been imposed against it. Journalist Anaïs Crouts is on the 19/20 info set to tell you what it really is. “We are in a context of a significant drop in imports from Russia, and in particular gas”she explains.
Russian liquefied gas not subject to European sanctions
Before the start of the war in Ukraine, the European Union imported 40% of Russian gas. In 2023, this figure was only 8%. “Marie Toussaint is right: we continue to import it, but in a different form. It is the liquefied gas that we import that has increased”, specifies the journalist. These imports of liquefied gas jumped by 40% in Europe in 2023, according to an NGO. This is because there is no embargo on Russian liquefied gas.
