@article{2022:mengpapantoni:the_eu_ene, title = {The EU Energy Sector in Turmoil. Legal Aspects of the Role of Gas as a Bridge towards the Net-Zero: A Concise Outlook}, year = {2022}, note = {Climate change poses an existential threat to our planet, our health, and our well-being. This has been identified by the European Union (EU), which seeks to change its regulatory framework to adjust to a more sustainable paradigm. This paper seeks to present how the Union plans to transform its internal gas markets via the newly announced “Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market” Package. From a legal viewpoint, this paper tries to illustrate the main proposed changes within the new legislative initiative which contribute to the conquest of the highest political goal of our century, the full decarbonisation of the European Union by 2050. Following the invasion of Ukraine and the recent decisions undertaken by the European Union to rapidly and completely decouple from fossil fuels, mainly originating from Russia, the achievement of this goal becomes more urgent than ever before.}, journal = {ZEuS Zeitschrift für Europarechtliche Studien}, pages = {791--802}, author = {Meng-Papantoni, Maria}, volume = {25}, number = {4} }