EU fails to reach agreement to approve tenth package of sanctions against Russia

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The Member States of the European Union failed to agree to a new round of negotiations. sanctions against Russia on the occasion of the first anniversary of the war Russia inside Ukraine By the Polish opposition, according to Politico.

Diplomats said there was no agreement on what the tenth package of sanctions would be, as Polish authorities were opposed to it. limitations to imports of synthetic rubber, which it considers weak.

We do not prevent sanctions. “We just want to have sensible sanctions,” said a Polish official on condition of anonymity in statements collected by Politico.

Despite this blockade, a new meeting between the two countries will be held this Friday morning. 27 member states of the EU, to reach an agreement.

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, promised the Ukrainian president in early February. Volodymyr ZelenskyNew sanctions from Brussels to Moscow to mark the first anniversary of the invasion.

“We are making (Russian President Vladimir) Putin pay the price for his heinous war”, Von der Leyen said from the Ukrainian capital, where he traveled with about fifteen commissioners to discuss Ukraine’s progress in the accession process face-to-face. The head of the European Commission promised that Europe would thus increase the pressure on Moscow and that the tenth restraining party would be ready by the twelve months after the attack.

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