Almost two weeks after the European Comission present his proposal to impose a sixth round of sanctions on Russiawith the Russian oil embargo as a star proposal, the Twenty seven they still do not find the necessary unanimity to approve the new sanctioning package. “Unfortunately, no agreement has been reached. We have the same difficulties with oil and the issue will return to Coreper and the ambassadors will continue discussing & rdquor ;, confirmed the High Representative for the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy, Joseph Borrellat the end of a long Foreign Affairs Council in which it has once again become clear that there is a country, Hungarywhich blocks approval.
“What I have seen is overwhelming support for the sixth package of sanctions and the embargo, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that there is only one country that continues to block the oil embargo & rdquor ;, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister has summarized, Dimytro Kulebawho has traveled to Brussels to once again explain the situation in Ukraine and ask the EU to start preparing a seventh sanctions package that includes proposals to “kill all Russian exports & rdquor ;. Although the proposal for sanctions was not formally on the agenda, the discussion has made it possible to clarify the “difficulties & rdquor; technical and economic wields the Viktor Orban’s government in relation to the structure of the refineries in Hungary, the capacity of the pipelines and the cost that the modernization will entail to get rid of Russian oil, estimated between 15,000 and 18,000 million.
“We have discussed in a positive way to understand the dimension (of the problem) but we have decided to send it back to Coreper because technically it was very complicated and a political decision was not possible today. I hope it doesn’t last long but I can’t say if it will be one or two weeks”, explained Borrell before insisting that the discussion, which is focused on the economic and not the political level, must continue because it is necessary to get rid of the energy dependency of Russia ASAP. “There is significant support but we still have to continue working. I am not afraid that it will not be approved because the support is very great & rdquor ;, the head of Spanish diplomacy has also said, Jose Manuel Albares.
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What the Twenty-seven have done is give the green light to Borrell’s proposal to deliver another 500 million euros to Ukraine to finance the gun purchase through the European Peace Facility, which raises the global amount approved so far to 2,000 million. The heads of European diplomacy have also spoken out in favor of entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO.
The appointment, which has lasted more than ten hours, has also made it possible to hold a meeting with the countries of the western balkans candidates for EU membership. To all of them, Borrell has conveyed the message that it is not possible to be “neutral & rdquor; before the invasion of Ukraine because it is not possible to put the invader and the invaded on the same level. The head of European diplomacy has also urged the member states to unblock the situation and launch the negotiations “immediately & rdquor; with Albanian Y North Macedonia before the end of the French presidency. Otherwise, it warns of a major crisis in the relationship with the region.