Germany drastically reduces its energy dependence on Russia

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Germany

, one of the European countries most dependent on

for its energy before the war in

, announced this Sunday that it has already managed to greatly reduce this trend, particularly for

and

.

The dependence of

's largest economy on Russian oil imports has fallen in recent weeks to 12%, compared to the previous 35%, and that linked to coal to 8% compared to 50% so far, the

in a report.

On the other hand, dependence on Russian

remains high, although it has also decreased, to 35% compared to 55% before the outbreak of the Russian invasion on February 24, the ministry has specified.

"Over the last few weeks, we have made great efforts, with all the actors involved, to reduce our imports of fossil fuels from

and diversify our supplies," Economy and Climate Minister

Goal: zero Russian coal and oil

Berlin

had already announced several weeks ago that it wanted to do without Russian

and

entirely by the end of the year.

The German government is also now in favor of a European embargo on Russian oil.

On

, however, he has warned that it would be very difficult to do without imports from

before 2024, even if the country has greatly increased its imports of natural gas from

and the

in particular, as well as liquefied gas from other countries.

countries.

If

were to stop its deliveries to this area overnight, the authorities expect the country to plunge into an economic recession, for lack of the industry being able to function normally.

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