“We still have about 57%, which is more than twice the level of gas in underground storage facilities last year,” RIA Novosti quotes her.
She added that since September 2022, Russian gas has accounted for 8% of “all pipeline gas imported into the EU.”
Earlier, the Deputy Head of the European Commission, Maros Sefcovic, said in an interview with Bloomberg that the European Union plans to take the first steps in April on collective purchases of natural gas in order to reduce energy prices.
On February 1, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced that the European Union had completely got rid of dependence on Russian fossil fuels.