EU to end reliance on Russian energy by 2027, von der Leyen says

The European Union will permanently end purchases of Russian energy by 2027, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the U.N. General Assembly.

“By 2027 Europe will forever turn the page on Russian energy,” von der Leyen wrote on social media platform X, adding that the EU and the United States agreed on the need to cut Russia’s fossil fuel revenues.

French President Emmanuel Macron earlier told CBS that European states were working to fully stop imports of Russian energy.

EU energy spokeswoman Anna-Kaisa Itkonen previously said Belgium, Hungary, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia and France were still importing Russian gas.

The Commission in spring outlined a plan to end reliance on Russian energy by the end of 2027. Its 19th sanctions package proposed halting imports of Russian liquefied natural gas a year earlier than planned — by Jan. 1, 2027.