{"id":722224,"date":"2026-01-26T16:51:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/722224\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T16:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T16:51:13","slug":"eu-gives-final-approval-to-russian-gas-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/722224\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Gives Final Approval to Russian Gas Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"

European Union member states on Monday gave final approval<\/a> to a plan to phase out all imports of Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas by 2027.<\/p>\n

Imports of Russian LNG will end by the close of 2026, followed by a ban on pipeline gas starting Sept. 30, 2027. The move is part of the bloc\u2019s broader effort to cut off a key source of revenue for Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The ban, known as REPowerEU, passed by a qualified majority vote of 24 to 2, with Bulgaria abstaining and Hungary and Slovakia voting<\/a> against it. Budapest said<\/a> it may challenge the decision before the Court of Justice of the European Union.<\/p>\n

EU countries must submit diversification plans by March 1, 2026, outlining how they intend to replace Russian gas supplies and address potential risks, the Council of the European Union said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The ban will take effect in March, with existing contracts allowed to run during a transition period. \u201cThis stepwise approach will limit the impact on prices and markets,\u201d the council said.<\/p>\n

The restrictions may be temporarily lifted for up to four weeks if a member state declares an emergency due to severe gas shortages.<\/p>\n

Despite efforts to reduce dependence on Moscow, the EU still imported 13% of its gas from Russia in 2025, leaving the bloc exposed to what officials described as \u201csignificant\u201d trade and energy security risks. Russian oil imports, by contrast, fell to below 3% last year.<\/p>\n

The European Commission is now preparing additional legislation to phase out Russian oil imports entirely by the end of 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"European Union member states on Monday gave final approval to a plan to phase out all imports of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[2000,299,5187,5435,2663],"class_list":{"0":"post-722224","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-european","11":"tag-gas","12":"tag-sanctions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115962438155209086","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}