The EU and the US want to coordinate and align their sanctions against Russia even more closely than before. This was stated by EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden in a joint statement released on Thursday on the sidelines of the EU summit in Brussels. However, no new sanctions […]
A broad consensus and a big unknown: that’s how EU diplomats describe the situation ahead of an unusual marathon summit in Brussels, dominated by Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine. There is broad consensus that the EU, like NATO and the G7, remains fully behind Ukraine. After the attack, everything must be done to help […]
The EU has completed its new security policy strategy. After two years of work, the so-called “Strategic Compass” was adopted by the 27 EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. The strategy will strengthen the EU as a “security provider”, said High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.The […]
The EU wants to cushion the rapidly rising energy prices and other negative consequences of the Ukraine war for citizens and businesses. A common strategy has been agreed upon, said Bruno Le Maire (France), President-in-Office of the Council, after a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels.This strategy is to rest on three pillars:1. financial […]
Update and upgrade: At the special EU summit in Versailles on Thursday and Friday, security policy and common defense will be at the top of the agenda. Due to the war in Ukraine, this topic, which the current EU Council President and host Emmanuel Macron wanted to push anyway, has once again gained massive importance, […]
For Brussels, the debate comes at an inopportune time: After Ukraine first demanded weapons for war and then sanctions against Russia, President Volodimir Zelenskiy now also wants EU membership on a fast-track basis. In a video address broadcast to the European Parliament from embattled Kiev, Zelenskiy called for his country’s “equal” membership in the EU.The […]
It was still controversial on Friday, announced on Saturday, and decided on Sunday: The EU is excluding key Russian banks from the SWIFT international banking data system, drastically limiting the Russian central bank’s ability to support the economy. “We are taking away the central bank’s ability to use its assets internationally,” EU Commission President Ursula […]
Russia is facing tough and far-reaching economic sanctions following its war of aggression in Ukraine, which violates international law. The US, G7, and EU announced an internationally agreed set of punitive measures on Thursday, just hours after the war began. US President Joe Biden, referring to the G7 countries, called it a “devastating package of […]
Scholz said he asked the Economics Ministry to withdraw the existing report on the analysis of supply security at the Federal Network Agency. “This sounds technical, but it is the necessary step under administrative law so that no certification of the pipeline can happen now.” Without this certification, Nord Stream 2 could not go into […]
The decision on tough economic sanctions against Russia is drawing closer. Following the European Council and the EU Commission, the EU foreign ministers also declared their readiness to impose punitive measures on Monday. They will be prepared when the moment comes, said High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in Brussels.However, […]