The European Union (EU) is experiencing difficulties in developing new sanctions restrictions against Russia due to the fact that “all major objects” are already subject to restrictions or are not available for such measures. This was reported by Policy He quotes an unnamed European diplomat.
The main problem, according to the publication’s interlocutor, is that all major Russian facilities are already subject to sanctions, while others (nuclear energy or liquefied natural gas) are not subject to restrictions.
According to Politico, some EU countries, including Hungary, opposed sanctions on the Russian nuclear sector. It was also noted that the political association does not support imposing restrictions on LNG from Russia.
Peter Szijjártó, formerly head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations statedIt was stated that the European Union’s (EU) work on the 13th package of new anti-Russian sanctions was “a kind of activity”.
The minister emphasized that European diplomats have proposed in the new package of restrictions a ban on the export to the Russian Federation of equipment and parts that can be used in the military industry, “new areas and new people”.
Previously Bloomberg reported that the European Union has started discussing the new sanctions package against Russia.