The advantages and uncertainties of gas in Europe’s energy transition

This briefing provides a summary of three of the main issues surrounding the future of gas in the European Union: changing energy dependency; competition between gas and other energies in the European energy mix; and the development of green gas and its political future in a context of electrification. Since 2022, the dynamics of energy diversification observed on an unprecedented scale have raised new questions about the strengths and weaknesses of the Member States in their new or strengthened bilateral or multilateral commercial relations with partners likely to take over from Russia in the supply of gas to the continent.