The EU receives most of its natural gas supplies from Russia. In 2020, Moscow accounted for 43.4% of the EU's natural gas stock.
Russia is likely to provide further natural gas to the bloc after Gazprom recently completed construction on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a politically charged project designed to deliver more gas to the EU via Germany. Russia's state-owned energy giant started filling the pipeline with gas for tests on Monday. Gazprom is awaiting approval from German regulators to open the taps.
He also said the debate among euro zone finance ministers would include: "How can we address [and] strengthen our independence, address costs of procurement [and] different ways of storage." "We will take a bit more time to work on it," Dana Spinant, deputy chief spokesperson for the commission told reporters in Brussels, Belgium. "It is a very important matter," she said.According to Le Maire, the EU should follow the French way, where nuclear energy accounts for a large part of the market.
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