EU Resorts to a Bureaucratic Trick to Deprive Population of Cheap Energy

On Jan. 26, a majority of EU ministers approved a ban on all imports of Russian liquefied natural gas as of Jan. 1, 2027, and of pipeline gas as of Oct. 30, 2027. To avoid vetoes by Hungary and/or Slovakia, the sanction was redefined as a foreign trade regulation, which does not require a unanimous