Ambassadors are due to present a sixth package of sanctions by Wednesday.
European Commission may deprive Hungary and Slovakia of their needs < to impose an embargo on the purchase of Russian oil, which is currently being prepared because both countries depend on it. This was reported by Reuters, citing two European officials.
The commission is expected to complete work on the next, sixth package of EU sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, which will include a ban on the purchase of Russian oil. Hungary, which is heavily dependent on it, has repeatedly stated that it will not sign energy sanctions. Slovakia is also one of the EU countries most dependent on fossil fuels from Russia.
To keep the 27-nation bloc united, the commission could propose to Slovakia and Hungary “an exemption or a long transition period,” one official said.
everything will be introduced gradually and will come into full force only from the beginning of next year.
The package of sanctions should be presented by the ambassadors of the EU governments on Wednesday, May 4.
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