“The European Commission proposed to add additional measures against Belarus to the 18th Package against Russia. Source: sources of “European Truth” in the diplomatic circles of EU countries, knowledgeable with the meeting of the EU Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) on June 16: it is also proposed to add new sanctions on software used by Russian banks.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Sources of “European Truth” in the diplomatic circles of EU countries, knowledgeable with the meeting of the EU Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper)
Details: It is also proposed to add new software sanctions used by Russian banks.
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According to the interlocutor of “Euro Pravda”, on June 16, the European Commission presented some targeted amendments to the 18th Package of Sanctions, “which are mainly related to software in the field of financial services, as well as some measures related to Belarus.
Other amendments will also be developed. They will be represented by Coreper this week.
Member States were also offered to add to the 18th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation:
- Further strengthening of measures to limit the potential circumference of sanctions,
- sanctions on the activities of Russian companies in the cryptocurrency market,
- as well as limiting the movement of Russian diplomats in the EU.
DIRECT LANGUAGE DIVERMENT: “Coreper will return to the discussion of the 18th package later this week. It is felt that Member States are near compromise. However, there is still a huge amount of work, especially at the technical level-so sanctions are unlikely to be approved this week.”
Commenting on the position of Hungary and Slovakia, which threatened to block the 18th package of sanctions against Russia, until the issue of refusal to supply Russian gas and other energy supply to the EU was resolved, the diplomatic interlocutor of “Eurocree” only reported that “many Member States raised the issue of energy.”
Prehistory:
- The project of the 18th EU sanctions against Russia included a supply of reducing the upper limit for Russian oil from $ 60 to $ 45 per barrel.
- The President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Lyen has already stated that the decision to reduce the price ceiling for Russian oil should be made in conjunction with partners with G7 and will be discussed at the nearest summit of the Seven Group in Canada.
- At the same time, it became known that the EU will not reduce the maximum price for Russian oil on its own, since this initiative is likely not to be supported by the Seven Group.