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"The time for half-measures has passed": EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas

www.euractiv.com EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas

A broad coalition of members of the European Parliament has written to the leaders of EU institutions urging them to ban all Russian energy from Europe, including pipeline gas and LNG.

EU lawmaker alliance calls for ban on all Russian energy, including gas

We “call on the European Commission to initiate and on member states to adopt without delay a total ban on Russian energy commodities in the EU market,” says the letter, initiated by the green lawmaker Ville Niinistö from Finland.

Co-signed by lawmakers from several EU countries belonging to the centre-right, centre-left, centrist liberals, national conservatives, and the Greens, the letter addresses EU leaders and foreign and energy ministers.

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