When Vladimir Putin first invaded Ukraine in 2014, Europeans had a simple choice: increase or decrease their energy dependence on Russian fossil fuels. Europeans chose to increase. National governments like Spain and France could have freed themselves from Russian gas just by implementing their own national building renovation plans. But they chose not to.
Thomas PELLERIN-CARLIN
Director of the Jacques Delors Energy Centre, Senior Research Fellow, European Energy Policy
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