Malta is the most dependent on energy imports from among EU states, according to Eurostat.

It said this morning that at 97.7 per cent, Malta had the highest energy dependence rate. It was followed by Luxembourg (96.6%), Cyprus (93.4%), Ireland (85.3%), Belgium (80.1%) and Lithuania (77.9%).

The least dependent member states were Estonia (8.9%), Denmark (12.8%) and Romania (17.0%), followed by Poland (28.6%), the Czech Republic (30.4%), Sweden (32.0%), the Netherlands (33.8%) and Bulgaria (34.5%).

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