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- The European Commission rejected calls to ease the EU ban on Russian gas amid rising energy costs.
- Bart De Wever, Belgium's prime minister, advocated normalizing ties with Russia to access cheaper energy.
- Dan Jørgensen, EU Energy Commissioner, said the phaseout of Russian energy is now law, not temporary.
- Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President, warned that returning to Russian fossil fuels would expose Europe to energy coercion.
