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By Trend
Europe needs to prepare now for further disruption of gas supply
and even a complete cut of Russian gas supply, said Ursula von der
Leyen, European Commission's President, addressing the European
Parliament plenary debate, Trend reports.
“Just to give you a figure: today 12 member states are already
directly affected by partial or total cut of Russian gas. This is
why the Commission is working on a European emergency plan. We will
present this plan and the necessary instruments by mid-July. Member
states have their national contingency plans and that's good. But I
think we need European cooperation and we need common action as 27.
We need to make sure that in the case of full disruption the gas
flows towards where it is needed most. We have to provide for
European solidarity and we need to protect the single market as
well as industry supply chains,” she said.
The EU has put forward its REPowerEU Plan, and sanctions on
Russian coal and oil are coming into force.
With the REPowerEU Plan Europe will accelerate the deployment of
home-grown renewables, reduce energy use and switch to alternative
suppliers that are more reliable.
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