Germany’s economy and climate minister, Robert Habeck, said on May 1 that the nation is making progress in cutting its reliance on Russian fossil fuels and expects to be fully independent of Russian crude oil imports by the end of summer.
The Economy and Climate Ministry said on Twitter that the goal was “realistic,” while noting that the nation had already reduced its share of Russian energy imports to 12 percent for oil, 8 percent for coal, and 35 percent for natural gas since the beginning of the year.
