War in Ukraine: How to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels?
Can REPowerEU make sure that Europe has affordable and secure energy supplies in both the near and long term?
- Publishing date
- 31 March 2022
The EU has proposed a plan to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels before 2030, as well as responding to rising energy prices. In this episode of the Sound of Economics Live Bruegel's own Guntram Wolff and Georg Zachmann welcome Diedrik Samsom to present REPowerEU and to discuss how feasible it is.
- Keyword
- eu governance energy
- Series
- War in Ukraine
- Language
- English
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