Germany Wants EU Push to End Last 20% of Russia Energy Imports
- Berlin, Czech Republic call for new high-level working group
- EU has seen imports of Russian LNG increase since Ukraine war
Germany and the Czech Republic are asking the bloc to set up a working group to identify ways to phase out remaining Russian gas supplies.
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Germany is calling for the European Union to do more to curtail the last 20% of Russian energy imports still coming to the bloc’s shores ahead of a meeting of ministers in Brussels this week.
Europe’s top economy, along with the Czech Republic, is asking the bloc to set up a high-level working group to identify ways to phase out the remaining Russian gas supplies — including liquefied natural gas — as well as oil and nuclear material still coming to Europe, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg News.