The European Commission unveiled its landmark proposal to ban Russian gas imports with a confident swagger.
“The legislation that the EC proposed is unprecedented and forceful,” said Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen in front of the press before explaining the three-step approach of the regulation on 17 June.
“Our text is crystal clear. There is an article 3 banning Russian gas imports, full stop,” an EU official added on the same day.
But beneath the bluster, serious legal questions are emerging…