So far, Europe hasn't banned imports of LNG from Russia but there's a push within Europe to strengthen the restrictions. While there isn't enough support from member states to start talks on fully prohibiting imports of LNG, it could be possible to stop using EU ports to re-export supplies to third countries. Also on the list of recommendations published in the report on Wednesday, was advice that the French government should try and gain shares in energy company TotalEnergies SE that would give it veto rights against asset sales and large shareholder changes.