Bratislava (dpa-AFX)-Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has surprisingly announced that it will end the blockade of new EU sanctions against Russia. He gave the Slovakia representatives to give their approval for the 18th EU sanctions package this Friday, he said in a Facebook video.
It would be “counterproductive” for the interests of Slovakia as an EU member to continue to block the procedure, he said. The background to Fico’s blockade was a dispute over an EU regulation that will result in a complete gas import stop from Russia from 2028.
In Brussels, it was expected that the sanction package can finally be decided. Already this Friday morning, the constant representatives of the Member States could come together for a special meeting, it was said in the evening from EU circles./CT/Aha/dp/he