REPowerEU
EU 2022 plan to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports by 2027; gas import ban under review at Madrid Forum.
Last refreshed: 29 April 2026
Can the EU ban the last Russian gas imports before the 2027 deadline?
Timeline for REPowerEU
Madrid Forum opens with REMIT 2.0
European Energy Markets- What is REPowerEU and has it worked?
- REPowerEU is the EU's 2022 plan to end Russian fossil fuel dependence by 2027 through LNG diversification, renewables acceleration, and efficiency measures. By late 2025 Russian gas had fallen from ~40% to below 10% of EU supply, though residual TurkStream dependence in Hungary and Slovakia remains.Source: European Commission
- Will the EU ban Russian gas imports completely by 2027?
- The 2027 gas import ban target is under review at the Madrid Forum as of April 2026. Hungary and Slovakia's residual TurkStream dependence is the main unresolved obstacle to full phase-out.Source: 40th Madrid Gas Regulatory Forum
- How much did the EU spend on REPowerEU?
- REPowerEU allocated €300 billion in investment, primarily channelled through the Recovery and Resilience Facility alongside existing EU budget instruments.Source: European Commission
Background
REPowerEU is the European Commission's May 2022 plan to end EU dependence on Russian fossil fuel imports ahead of the original 2030 target, brought forward to 2027 in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The plan's gas import ban component was under review at Day 2 of the 40th Madrid Gas Regulatory Forum on 29 April 2026, alongside the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Markets Package rollout.
REPowerEU set out three pillars: diversification of gas supplies (LNG import capacity expansion, new Norwegian and Azerbaijani pipeline volumes), acceleration of renewable energy deployment, and energy efficiency measures to reduce overall demand. The plan allocated €300 billion in investment, largely channelled through the Recovery and Resilience Facility. Gas storage targets — which by 2026 had evolved into the 80% mandatory fill obligation and the 115 TWh cold-year target coordinated via EBN — originate from the REPowerEU storage security framework.
Two years after publication, REPowerEU's core goal of ending Russian supply dependence has been substantially achieved for gas (Russian pipeline imports fell from ~40% to below 10% of EU supply by late 2025) but the oil import ban remains contested. The Madrid Forum review is focused specifically on the gas import ban mechanism and whether the 2027 target remains achievable given residual TurkStream flows to Hungary and Slovakia.