Why is the Commission proposing the REPowerEU Plan? Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine has massively disrupted the world’s energy system. It has caused hardship as a result of high energy prices and it has heightened energy security concerns, bringing to the fore the EU’s over-dependence on gas, oil and coal imports from .
The European Commission presented on 18 May the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia s invasion of Ukraine.