The European Union is unlikely to heed London’s call for it to match the
latest US sanctions against Moscow over an attack on a former Russian
spy in Britain earlier this year, diplomats in Brussels said.
New British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday (21 August) will urge the United States and European countries to do more to call out Russia’s “malign behavior” and keep Vladimir Putin in check, notably by implementing tough sanctions.
But EU diplomats doubted more sanctions would be imposed. They cited the usual divisions between EU members advocating a tough line on Moscow and those arguing for more engagement.
“There is no way. Italy and Austria, even France, want to do business with Russia too much,” one EU diplomat said.
Read more: EU unlikely to heed British call for more Russia sanctions – EURACTIV.com
New British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday (21 August) will urge the United States and European countries to do more to call out Russia’s “malign behavior” and keep Vladimir Putin in check, notably by implementing tough sanctions.
But EU diplomats doubted more sanctions would be imposed. They cited the usual divisions between EU members advocating a tough line on Moscow and those arguing for more engagement.
“There is no way. Italy and Austria, even France, want to do business with Russia too much,” one EU diplomat said.
Read more: EU unlikely to heed British call for more Russia sanctions – EURACTIV.com
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