Seznam Zprávy | Europe is buying more and more Russian liquefied natural gas

French President Emmanuel Macron is talking about sending troops to Ukraine, but his country has already sent 600 million euros to Russia for liquefied gas this year. And the country is not alone in this. What do Martin Vokálek and Vít Havelka from the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy say about this?

"There is a contradiction to some extent, but it is not an unusual situation in Europe. The EU continues to receive Russian LNG, which is purchased on international markets. From France's point of view, I would rather point out that it is very capable in promoting its aid to Ukraine, which is smaller than for example from Germany."

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Martin Vokálek
Executive Director

Expertise: Economic issues, European security and NATO, war crimes and international law problematic

Vít Havelka
Senior Research Fellow

Expertise: EU institutional relations with member states, europeisation, transformation role of EU