Europe, faced with
Bucha's horror,
reacts by putting in place new sanctions against Moscow.
The theme is on the carpet of the Eurogroup which is meeting today in
Luxembourg
.
"There is an ongoing discussion, the
European Commission
is always saying that no measure is excluded for us".
This was said by the European Commissioner for the Economy,
Paolo Gentiloni
, before the Eurogroup, by answering questions about a possible EU embargo on Russian energy.
"What we have all seen" in Bucha "deserves a further reaction", added Gentiloni, "to tell the truth we were already preparing a further package of sanctions" against Moscow "and we will see in the coming days if the political conditions exist to expand it. further".
Even the vice-president of the European Commission,
Valdis Dombrovskis
, answering a question about the possibility of an embargo on Russian oil, said that "nothing is out of the question".
"It is very clear that as the EU we must do more to stop this war and these atrocities, so the European Commission is already preparing the next package of sanctions", added Dombrovskis, "all member states will be able to decide on the next. ambitious steps "to be taken.
The Eurozone, Dombrovskis further said, could face a scenario without Russian gas: "We are analyzing the implications for the economy" of the war in Ukraine "and we evaluate the possible scenarios", including "what it means" for the Eurozone. "if Russian gas is cut for any reason, whether the EU inserts" the measure "into the sanctions or if it is cut by Russia itself, but here too the conclusion is that, not without problems, it is possible to tackle a situation like this" , Dombrovskis said.
But the Austrian finance minister,
Magnus Brunner
, before the Eurogroup stated that "Austria is not in favor of new sanctions" against Moscow "related to gas.
"We are very dependent on Russian gas and I think that any sanctions that affect us more than they affect Russia would not be fair," he said.
What is happening in Ukraine "is extremely hard, but when it comes to sanctions you have to stay cool and if one sanction hurts you more than the other side then it is not the right direction", Brunner pointed out.
And
Germany
has said that it is not possible at the moment to stop importing Russian gas, even if the German Vice-Chancellor,
Robert Habeck
, he instead said today that "every day we increase our independence" from Russia and therefore "the possibility of an embargo".
While the Minister of Ecological Transition,
Roberto Cingolani,
said during the presentation of a master's degree from Bocconi and Milan Polytechnic: "Right now the formidable energy dependence on Russia is really difficult to justify and to bear".
"We must certainly examine our conscience and I believe that the whole of Europe is doing it", added the minister: "On the one hand, one sees these images and what is happening and the first emotional reaction is to say what interests us about security. national energy:
