France's Le Maire pushes the EU to prefer a ban on Russian oil above a restriction on gas

French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday that the EU should prioritise a Russian oil embargo above a gas restriction, even though not all of the bloc's nations supported the measure.

"We're trying to persuade our European allies to stop purchasing Russian oil," Le Maire said on French radio Europe 1. "For numerous years, what has been [Russian President] Vladimir Putin's principal source of cu....