EU sources have told Euronews that the European Parliament is opposed to granting landlocked member states exemptions to import oil and gas from Russia in the event of a sudden supply disruption.

The bloc is currently discussing ways to ban Russian energy imports, an initiative that follows a June PROPOSAL BY THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION to end all EU energy dependency on Moscow by 2027.

Talks between EU governments, the Parliament, and the European Commission are still underway. An informal consensus has been reached under which more energy import-dependent member states, such as HUNGARY and SLOVAKIA, would benefit from an exemption allowing them to import Russian energy in case of an energy supply crisis.

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But lawmakers argued that

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