Diplomats in Brussels said German concerns and requests for changes were a decisive factor in the delay of the latest Russian sanctions package.
Recently it feels like Germany has become the new Hungary, he said, referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has repeatedly delayed decisions on Russia sanctions at the EU level.
The latest planned EU punitive measures are aimed at preventing the circumvention of existing sanctions, with Russia's defense industry currently able to benefit from Western technology to make weapons for its war in neighboring Ukraine.
For the first time, the EU is also planning to impose tough sanctions against Russia's billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.
According to diplomats, the European Commission is considering banning the shipment of Russian LNG from EU ports such as Zeebrugge, Belgium, to third countries, in the hope that this would reduce Russian LNG profits and thus investments for the war in Ukraine. Will be available.
According to EU diplomats, German reticence mainly concerns planned measures aimed at preventing sanctions violations.
Among other things, Berlin is seeking a planned rule under which subsidiaries could be limited to certain goods or banned altogether in the event of violations, amid apparent fears that German companies would be fined for violating sanctions. Can be held responsible for.
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Recently it feels like Germany has become the new Hungary, he said, referring to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has repeatedly delayed decisions on Russia sanctions at the EU level.
The latest planned EU punitive measures are aimed at preventing the circumvention of existing sanctions, with Russia's defense industry currently able to benefit from Western technology to make weapons for its war in neighboring Ukraine.
For the first time, the EU is also planning to impose tough sanctions against Russia's billion-dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry.
According to diplomats, the European Commission is considering banning the shipment of Russian LNG from EU ports such as Zeebrugge, Belgium, to third countries, in the hope that this would reduce Russian LNG profits and thus investments for the war in Ukraine. Will be available.
According to EU diplomats, German reticence mainly concerns planned measures aimed at preventing sanctions violations.
Among other things, Berlin is seeking a planned rule under which subsidiaries could be limited to certain goods or banned altogether in the event of violations, amid apparent fears that German companies would be fined for violating sanctions. Can be held responsible for.
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