Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission (EC) stated at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz that the European Union got rid of its dependence on Russia for natural gas and oil supplies. TASS.
“Europe’s dependence on Russian oil and gas resources is now a thing of the past,” said the EC head.
He explained. That Russia reduced its gas exports to Europe by 80% in eight months. With the joint efforts and intensive work of the countries, this deficiency has been eliminated. Von der Leyen noted that this was achieved with the help of the United States and Norway, which supplied liquefied and piped gas.
The EC head said Moscow was trying to disrupt the European Union’s cohesion by reducing energy supplies to the countries of the community, but “the opposite happened”.
Former German Chancellor Olaf Scholz declaration In an interview with CNN, he said Germany had become independent of gas, oil and coal supplies from Russia.