Poland Calls on EU to End Russian Oil Imports by 2026 Amid Hungarian, Slovak Objections

Warsaw’s energy minister’s comments were made just days after multiple Russian drones entered Polish airspace.
Poland Calls on EU to End Russian Oil Imports by 2026 Amid Hungarian, Slovak Objections
The LOTOS Oil Refinery in Gdansk, Poland, on June 6, 2022. Omar Marques/Getty Images
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Poland urged European Union member states that are still buying Russian oil to end those imports by the end of 2026, Polish Energy Minister Milosz Motyka said on Sept. 17.

The European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, announced that it would propose speeding up the elimination of fossil fuel imports from Moscow on Sept. 17 following a phone call between European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Donald Trump, but it did not name a specific date.
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