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Italy is 'perfect example' on gas says von der Leyen
EC chief praises effort to end reliance on Russia
07 December, 13:15
(ANSA) - ROME, DEC 7 - European Commission President Ursula
von der Leyen on Wednesday hailed Italy's efforts to wean itself
off its reliance on Russian gas following the invasion of
Ukraine. "Italy is one of the countries hit hardest by Russian
blackmail on gas and it is a perfect example of the capacity to
manage and compensate the fact that Putin has cut exports via
gas pipelines by 80% in the last eight months," von der Leyen
said at Milan's Bocconi University. "Italy has been able to
reduce the gas it imports (from Russia) from 40% to 10% (of the
total) thanks to an impressive effort to diversify supplies".
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