The European Union is seeking to scale down its reliance on Russian gas imports while seeking help from the United States, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told EU lawmakers on March 23.
Stressing that “energy policy is also security policy,” von der Leyen pointed out that the commission has proposed measures that will allow for Europe to “significantly reduce” the region’s gas imports from Russia. “This is very ambitious. But we can achieve it. We have already set a clear path to do this,” she said.
