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Russian oil: Europeans are skating

2022-05-06T18:22:54.216Z


High Representative Josep Borrell has threatened to call an extraordinary meeting of foreign ministers next week if an agreement is not reached this weekend.


Correspondent in Brussels

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It won't be this time around.

Meeting on Friday morning, the ambassadors of the European Union failed to reach an agreement on the sixth package of sanctions against Russia, which notably provides for the embargo on oil.

And this, despite the very latest adjustments proposed by the Commission to take account of the

“particular”

situation of certain Member States.

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been saying for weeks that cutting his country off from Russian oil and gas would be

"a red line",

dotted the "i's" on Friday, saying an embargo on energy Russia would amount to dropping

"an atomic bomb"

on the Hungarian economy.

“We know exactly what we need.

First of all, we need five years for this whole process to be completed,

he warned”.

“The countries that are hesitating today are not yet ready,”

admitted Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, pointing out…

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Source: lefigaro

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