Proposal for EU’s full phase-out of Russian oil disappears from European Fee agenda

Plans to announce the European Fee's RePowerEU proposal on 15 April, geared toward totally phasing out imports of Russian oil into the EU by the tip of 2027, have been faraway from the Fee's provisional agenda for subsequent month.

Supply: a European Pravda journalist in Brussels

Particulars: The presentation of the draft RePowerEU proposal on ending Russian oil imports into the EU by the tip of 2027 has been postponed indefinitely.

Based on the Fee's provisional agenda dated 16 March 2026, seen by European Pravda, Govt Vice-President Teresa Ribera had been scheduled to current the proposal on Wednesday 15 April.

Nevertheless, within the up to date provisional agenda revealed on 24 March, additionally reviewed by the journalist, the occasion is now not listed – and no initiative shows are scheduled for that date in any respect.

Primarily based on present provisional agendas, there aren’t any plans to current a proposal on a full phase-out of Russian oil imports into the EU as much as and together with 27 Could.

The European Fee has not but defined why the brand new RePowerEU proposal has been delayed or when it may be offered.

"I would not have, to start with, a brand new date to present," Fee spokesperson Anna-Kaisa Itkonen mentioned on 24 March.

She clarified that the Fee's planning is provisional and features a preliminary overview of the record of factors it revealed.

"What I can reassure you of is that we stay dedicated to creating this proposal (on the total phase-out of Russian oil – ed.)," the spokesperson harassed.

Itkonen additionally reiterated that what Fee President Ursula von der Leyen "has been very clear on is that going again to importing Russian power can be repeating a mistake from the previous".

"It could be a strategic blunder. So we’ve got efficiently already put in place and enforced the gasoline – Repower gasoline regulation, which already banned us from final Wednesday the brand new short-term and long-term gasoline contracts. And we’re decided to proceed with different power kinds as nicely," she added.

Background:

• Von der Leyen warned that Europe would make a strategic mistake if it tried to curb rising power costs by returning to Russian fossil fuels.
• In the meantime, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin mentioned that Russia is keen to produce power assets to Europeans if they need them.
• Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán later described the EU's place on abandoning Russian oil as loopy, claiming that beneath present circumstances, the European Union is not going to survive with out Russian power provides.

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