Le Maire, ok Ecofin to sanctions on Russia energy in stages

(ANSA) - LUXEMBOURG, APRIL 05 - "The Twenty-seven have shown their willingness to extend the restrictions on imports and exports" of Russia, "have indicated their determination to expand the list of personalities and the list of companies subject to sanctions and they indicated their willingness to include the energy sector in the sanctions, in proportion and following a timetable to be defined ".

This was stated by the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, who leads the rotating presidency of the EU, at the end of the Ecofin.

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