{"id":1409973,"date":"2022-03-30T12:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409973"},"modified":"2022-03-30T12:14:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T16:14:52","slug":"poland-to-end-russian-coal-gas-and-oil-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poland-to-end-russian-coal-gas-and-oil-imports\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland to End Russian Coal, Gas, and Oil Imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpoland-to-end-russian-coal-gas-and-oil-imports%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1409973&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-poland\">Poland<\/a> is pressing ahead with plans for a complete embargo on Russian coal, gas, and oil imports by the end of 2022, while calling for a European Union-level tax on Russian fossil fuels, all in a bid to cut the flow of money to Russia\u2019s military machine.<\/p>\n<p>Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told a press conference in Mosciska, near Warsaw, on Wednesday, that\u00a0Poland will put forward \u201cthe most radical\u201d plan in Europe to \u201cwalk away\u201d from Russian fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>Under the plan, which Morawiecki said still needs to be approved by lawmakers, Poland will end Russian coal imports by May, with oil and gas to follow by the end of the year,\u00a0according to Polish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pap.pl\/aktualnosci\/news,1136439,polska-uniezaleznia-sie-od-rosyjskich-surowcow-premier-przedstawil-kolejne\">press agency PAP<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis plan is needed for Europe to awaken from its slumber,\u201d Morawiecki\u2019s office <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PremierRP\/status\/1509073546617794561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">said in a tweet<\/a> announcing the measure.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">PM <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MorawieckiM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MorawieckiM<\/a>: I call on the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EU_Commission?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EU_Commission<\/a> to establish a tax on Russian hydrocarbons so that trade and economic rules in the European single market are fair. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NbdaI4YvMz\">pic.twitter.com\/NbdaI4YvMz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland (@PremierRP_en) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PremierRP_en\/status\/1509084211424206848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Poland, which has long warned its European partners that Russian President Vladimir Putin has an empire-building agenda in the region that Russian energy exports help fund, has already taken strides to cut its dependency on Russian fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>A liquid gas terminal was built in the northern Polish city of Swinoujscie, which is now being expanded and is receiving deliveries from Qatar, the United States, Norway, and other exporters.<\/p>\n<p>A new natural gas pipeline, called Baltic Pipe, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/norway-poland-gas-link-construction-resumes-as-ukraine-war-sparks-energy-security-push_4308827.html\">is to open<\/a> at the end of this year and ship gas from Norway to Poland.<\/p>\n<p>In his remarks on Wednesday, Morawiecki blamed some European Union member states for being \u201cindifferent to the war\u201d in Ukraine and continuing to import Russian energy.<\/p>\n<p>He called for the European Commission to impose a tax on Russian fossil fuel imports to make regional trade \u201cjust.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t have a repeat of those foolish, murderous, and ill-conceived policies that increased dependency on Russia and provided it with euros and dollars so that Putin could build up his military capacity and attack his neighbors,\u201d Morawiecki said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4347432\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/18\/article-image-cal-thomas-5-1200x800.jpeg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4347432 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/03\/18\/article-image-cal-thomas-5-1200x800.jpeg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A Ukrainian Territorial Defence fighter examines a destroyed Russian infantry mobility vehicle after a fight in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 27, 2022. (Sergey Bobok\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4371704\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mariupol-damage-1200x800-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy wp-image-4371704 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mariupol-damage-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4371704 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Mariupol-damage-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> A service member of pro-Russian troops walks near an apartment building destroyed in the course of the Ukraine-Russia conflict in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 28, 2022. (Alexander Ermochenko\/Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>While the European Union has taken steps in recent weeks to wean itself from Russian energy, the bloc has stopped short of endorsing a blanket ban on Russian imports of hydrocarbons.<\/p>\n<p>Many E.U. member states are highly dependent on Russian fossil fuels to make their economies function. Russia provides over 40 percent of the E.U.\u2019s gas and coal imports and around a quarter of its oil.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s actions in Ukraine, which Moscow calls a \u201cspecial military operation\u201d to disarm Ukraine\u2019s military and oust from power people it regards as dangerous nationalists, have prompted the E.U. to pledge to cut Russian gas use by two-thirds this year and phase out Russian energy entirely by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and the European Union recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us-and-eu-strike-gas-deal-to-reduce-reliance-on-russian-energy_4361656.html\">signed a deal<\/a> for the United States to provide more liquefied natural gas to the bloc and reduce its dependency on Russian energy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-tom-ozimek\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Tom-Ozimek.jpg\" alt=\"Tom Ozimek\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Tom Ozimek has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education. 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