I assume that turning the taps back on would be seen as a short-term thing in order to fill storages and avoid short-term economic/humanitarian domestic issues. There's surely no country left left in the EU that considers Russia to be a tolerable long-term trading partner, except maybe for Hungary.

I don't think even Hungary trusts Russia as a trading partner... they just see them as useful to Hungary.

Especially right now, when they can leverage the Russian situation and annoy the EU by striking favorable deals.

And just after that quote I said:

>but it has shown itself to be an unreliable supply

Russia is using gas to try and keep Europe out of the conflict. Once the war ends that ceases to be a motivator. Thus I assume they will turn the taps back on. That doesn't mean we want to rely on it which is the whole point of the question. Victory in Ukraine doesn't end this, so what's the end game. Is there going to be a further push for renewables? Gas from other sources? What's the time frames?

> Russia is using gas to try and keep Europe out of the conflict.

But it's not working, is it? Practically the whole Europe is helping Ukraine, sending weapons and everything we can to help.

It's not the question of how much gas Russia offers, it's the question of how much Europe is willing to take from them. Russia's status is very close to North Korea now - it's just unethical to make business with a state that got mentally stuck in XIX century and still thinks killing innocent people to grab more land is a good strategy.

I didn't say it was working.

I'm not saying we're going back to russian gas. Again that's the point of the question!