00:01The European Commission has delayed the presentation of a highly anticipated proposal
00:07to permanently ban the imports of Russian oil,
00:10as the war in the Middle East continues to send shockwaves across energy markets
00:14and keep the Brent barrel over $100.
00:17It also comes amid a tense standoff with Hungary and Slovakia,
00:21the only two member states that still buy Russian oil over the Soviet-era Drushba pipeline.
00:27I do not have, first of all, a new date to give.
00:31What I can reassure you of is that we remain committed to making this proposal.
00:36What the President has been very clear on is that going back to importing Russian energy
00:41would be repeating a mistake from the past.
00:43It would be a strategic blunder.
00:45So we have successfully already put in place and enforce the repower gas regulation,
00:54which already banned, as from last Wednesday, the new short-term and long-term gas contracts,
01:01and we are determined to continue with other energy forms as well.
01:06The legislation, which is part of the Repower EU roadmap,
01:10was tentatively scheduled to be unveiled on the 15th of April,
01:13but the date has now been removed from the calendar.
01:16The Commission insisted the change in timing did not mean a change in policy,
01:21saying the proposal had not been cancelled and would still be published,
01:25though no longer by the mid-April date.
01:27What do you find?
01:29The Pressure have changed.
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