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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen insisted on Wednesday that the bloc has bought enough liquefied natural gas to last through the winter.
It comes amid growing concern that Russian president Vladimir Putin could retaliate by cutting off gas supplies to the EU as the UK and US banned Russian oil.
The announcement follows reports on Tuesday said the EU was mulling the idea of issuing joint bonds to finance energy and defence spending.
“This would be to reduce its dependence on Russian energy, as well as lessen its reliance on NATO when it comes to safeguarding its security,” said Michael Hewson, chief markets analyst at CMC Markets.
“As straw clutching goes it was quite a leap, but such is the fickle nature of sentiment, the prospect of a new stimulus plan in the wake of all this volatility was seen as a welcome development, albeit with the enormous caveat that, as with anything EU related, the devil would be in the detail.”
