A policy brief by Ecologic Institute, the Clingendael Institute and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs analyses Europe's growing dependence on US liquefied natural gas (LNG). Based on a novel assessment of gas imports across the entire European Economic Area (EEA, including Norway), the study shows that in 2025 US supplies accounted for almost 40% of total gas imports and nearly 60% of LNG imports into the EEA.

In recent weeks, the analysis attracted broad international media attention. Major international news, business and specialist outlets reported on the study's key findings, and the authors gave several interviews in print, online and broadcast media to discuss the energy and geopolitical implications.

Media coverage focused in particular on the study’s core argument that the current European approach to gas diversification is too narrowly defined. While phasing out Russian imports is strategically sound, increasing reliance on a single alternative supplier heightens geopolitical risks, amplifies price volatility and raises the risk of long-term stranded investments.

Key issues highlighted in the debate included:

• Europe's growing geopolitical exposure resulting from rising US LNG imports,
• implications for price stability and investment decisions,
• the need to consider Norway as a domestic European gas producer rather than an external supplier and
• the central role of the energy transition in strengthening medium- and long-term energy security.

International outlets such as The Guardian, Financial Times, Handelsblatt, Repubblica, Rzeczpospolita, ABC Economia, Der Standard, Trouw, Aftenposten, Der Spiegel, Tagesspiegel, Frankfurter Rundschau, Domani, and HuffPost Italia, as well as television and radio programmes including ZDF-Morgenmagazin, Česká Televize, and WDR Aktuelle Stunde reported on the study or interviewed its authors.

Download the policy brief:

• Europe's Selective Blindness on Gas: US LNG and the Limits of Supply Diversification

A more comprehensive overview of media coverage and interviews is available upon request.