The European Union has announced a “gradual and well-coordinated” roadmap to completely eliminate its reliance on Russian fossil fuels over the next two years.
In 2022, the bloc announced its intention to effectively cut 90% of oil imports from Russia by the end of that year in protest at Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
With the EU importing substantial amounts of Russian gas, oil and coal, and with this overdependence considered a security threat, in May 2022 the European Commission (EC) published the REPowerEU plan to phase out all Russian fossil fuel imports.
While progress has been made over the past few years through measures such as sanctions, in 2024 the EU saw a rebound in Russian energy imports.
To ensure EU’s full energy independence from Russia, the EC has now launched its REPowerEU roadmap, which sets out a coordinated, secure and gradual phase-out of Russian gas, oil and nuclear energy imports across the EU.
The roadmap includes nine actions and will be followed by legislative...