“The British edition of Financial Times wrote that a decisive reluctance to continue a number of EU sanctions against Russia in recent days has led to the intensification of discussions among the Member States, the need to deprive Hungary of the right of voice when making key decisions.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to Financial Times
Details: According to the publication, on the eve of the EU Ambassadors, they argued all day with Hungary Ambassador to Brussels, who demanded to cross out of the sanctions list of Russian oligarch Michael Friedman and more seven people. Otherwise, Budapest will refuse to support the continuation of some anti -Russian sanctions for another half a year.
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Faced with the possibility that about two thousand sub -persons, including Vladimir Putin, can be exempted from sanctions through Hungarian veto, 26 ambassadors agreed to exclude three people from the list. On the exclusion of another name, we agreed a week earlier.
After all, according to sources, the sanctions were decided to continue for six months.
But the last attempt of Hungary to blackmail the rest of the countries to gain benefits for the Kremlin, has proved the patience of the other capitals to the limit.
“Many officials again openly discuss the possibility of applying the procedure provided for in Article 7-nuclear version of the deprivation of a member country, but are fully aware of the political challenges and the consequences of such a step,” the publication reads.
Meanwhile, if Hungary repeats its blackmail in July, when they decide to continue economic sanctions against Russia, including the freezing of state -owned growths in Europe, the determination of EU States can take action against Budapest.
Sleeping sanctions could actually thaw up to 30% of the total amount of frozen assets of the Russian Federation. It was estimated that approximately 60 billion euros of thawed funds or somewhat more.
Details in the article: Orban breaks sanctions. How Hungary’s veto can “defrost” a third of Russian assets in the EU