EP President Metsola and Marilena Raouna, Deputy Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Cyprus Presidency, sign a newly adopted EU law.
In particular, it's the EU Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation (EU).

LEX signing on phase out of Russian gas imports

MEPs debate on on phasing out Russian natural gas imports

MEPs are set to approve a new law banning imports of Russian natural gas, to protect the EU’s energy security from weaponisation by the Russian Federation.

The draft law was provisionally agreed between Parliament and Council negotiators on 3 December 2025. Spot-market Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be banned from the EU once the regulation enters into force in early 2026. Pipeline gas imports will be phased out by 30 September 2027. The new law also establishes penalties for member states to enforce against operators in the event of infringements.

Background

This legislative proposal comes in response to Russia’s systematic weaponisation of energy supplies, a pattern documented over nearly two decades and escalating with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The 2022 invasion came with further deliberate market manipulation, including Gazprom’s unprecedented underfilling of EU storage facilities and abrupt halts to pipelines, causing energy prices to spike to up to eight times their pre-crisis levels.

EP Plenary debate on phasing out Russian natural gas imports

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Lex signing ceremony in presence of Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Marilena RAOUNA, Cypriot Deputy Minister for European Affairs, on behalf of the Cypriot Presidency

Press conference on on the phasing-out of Russian gas in the EU

ITRE - Press point on Phasing out Russian natural gas imports

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Ville NIINISTÖ in the EP in Strasbourg

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MEPs are giving speeches at the extraordinary plenary session for the four years of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and European contributions to a just peace and sustained security for Ukraine.

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Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI), rapporteur, and Inese VAIDERE (EPP, LV), rapporteur, hold a press conference on the phasing-out of Russian gas in the EU. This transcription if the result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery

Press conference by Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI), rapporteur, and Inese VAIDERE (EPP, LV), rapporteur, on the phasing-out of Russian gas in the EU

Closing of the debate by Dan JØRGENSEN, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Ville NIINISTÖ (Greens/EFA, FI), and Inese VAIDERE (EPP, LV), Rapporteurs. This legislative proposal comes in response to Russia’s systematic weaponisation of energy supplies, a pattern documented over nearly two decades and escalating with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The 2022 invasion came with further deliberate market manipulation, including Gazprom’s unprecedented underfilling of EU storage facilities and abrupt halts to pipelines, causing energy prices to spike to up to eight times their pre-crisis levels.

Phasing out Russian natural gas imports, improving monitoring of potential energy dependencies and amending Regulation: closing statements by Dan JØRGENSEN, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing, , Ville NIINISTÖ and Inese VAIDERE, Rapporteurs

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NIINISTÖ, Ville (Greens/EFA, FI)

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