EU Unlikely To Agree To Permanent Shutdown Of Russian Gas Pipelines To Europe

The European Union is unlikely to agree to an idea to ban natural gas imports from the pipelines from Russia, where Moscow has already cut off the gas supply to Europe, EU diplomats have told POLITICO. Earlier this week, the Financial Times reported that the G7 and EU could target to ban the resumption of gas imports via those pipelines, even if Russia decides one day to resume sending gas through them.

The proposal could be finalized at the G7 meeting of the world’s most industrialized nations in Hiroshima, Japan, later this week, officials…