The European Commission will next month propose legal measures to phase out the EU's imports of all Russian gas and liquefied natural gas by the end of 2027, it said on Tuesday, APA reports citing Reuters.
The European Union vowed to end its decades-old energy relations with former top gas supplier Russia after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
The EU executive will present a legal proposal in June to ban remaining Russian gas and liquefied natural gas imports under existing contracts by end-2027, it said in plans published on Tuesday.
The Commission will also propose in June a ban on Russian gas imports under new deals and existing spot contracts by the end of 2025.
"Since February 2022, we've actually spent more money buying fossil fuels from Russia in the EU than we've given in aid to Ukraine," said EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen.
"Obviously, that will not stand," he said.
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