On Monday and Tuesday, the EU energy ministers will convene for an informal meeting in Brussels. In the run-up to the meeting, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, have spoken out: the EU has finally succeeded in freeing itself from its dependence on gas from Russia, they write in an article for Table.Briefings: „Europe has its energy destiny back in its own hands.“