The EU plans to propose phasing out Russian fossil fuels by 2027, according to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, as part of measures to improve European energy security. Not registered? Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now EU leaders have been meeting for an informal summit in Versailles to decide on actions to take in light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine . Von der Leyen said in a post on Twitter late-March 10 the EU was “too dependent on Russian fossil fuels and in particular, gas.” In a slide posted to the account, it was stated that there would be a proposal set out by mid-May on phasing out the EU’s dependency on Russian fossil fuels by 2027. In its earlier REPowerEU plan presented March 8, the EC had said only that it planned to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels […]