European sanctions against Moscow: the negotiation of an endless oil embargo
In this file photo from May 9, 2011, EU flags flutter outside the headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels.
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Meeting in Brussels, the 27 European Foreign Ministers discussed the next “train” of sanctions against Russia.
Without managing to agree, to the great fury of some, like the Lithuanian minister who goes so far as to propose that Ukraine cut off the tap to Hungary, since the Russian pipeline passes through its territory.
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With our correspondent in Brussels,
Pierre Benazet
Hungary is demanding supply guarantees, like the Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Slovakia.
But it is Hungary that is blamed for the current blockage by
the staunchest supporters of the oil embargo
within the European Union.
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Deprive Putin of money
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The 27 Foreign Ministers received their Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba and according to him too, Hungary is the only blocker.
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As long as Russia exports its oil and gas, as well as other raw materials like iron ore, it will have money to continue the war.
To stop the Russian war machine, Putin must be deprived of money, because that is the only thing that interests him: power and money.
Time is running out, because every day Russia is making money and investing that money in the war.
But it is not for me to engage in a rhetorical battle with Hungary.
This is an issue that the European Union must settle, because it is their family problem
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A seventh package of sanctions to come
It must be said that this question of the embargo is the only one still blocking this sixth package of sanctions, since everything else has been approved, in particular the personal sanctions.
And according to Dmytro Kuleba, the Twenty-Seven promised him to prepare a seventh package of sanctions as soon as the sixth is adopted.
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