Gabriel Gavin

4 days ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin

BRUSSELS — Hungary and Slovakia held up progress on new Russia sanctions Monday, saying they wanted to see a separate proposal to ban Russian gas dropped first. In a statement during a meeting of foreign affairs ministers in Brussels on Monday, Hungary's top diplomat, Péter Szijjártó, declared that his country had "blocked" the sanctions package, joining forces with neighboring Slovakia to hold up the measures. The sanctions would be the 18th package since the start of the full-scale invasion.

6 days ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Victor Jack |Gabriel Gavin

We wtorek Unia Europejska przedstawiła długo oczekiwaną propozycję prawną, która ma na celu wyeliminowanie importu rosyjskiego gazu do 2027 r. Bruksela próbuje zlikwidować ważny strumień dochodów dla działań wojennych Kremla w Ukrainie. Ale aby to zrobić, musi również pokonać niespodziewaną przeszkodę: opór potężnej komisarz do spraw czystych technologii, propagatorkę ekologii i zagorzałą zwolenniczkę Ukrainy.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Jacopo Barigazzi |Gabriel Gavin |Jakob Weizman

BRUSSELS — Israel’s actions in Gaza may have violated the terms of the country’s agreement with the EU, the bloc’s diplomatic corps found. “On the basis of the assessments made by the independent international institutions … there are indications that Israel would be in breach of its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement,” the European External Action Service (EEAS) concluded, according to a leaked document seen by POLITICO.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Victor Jack |Gabriel Gavin

BRUSSELS — Spain’s EU Commissioner Teresa Ribera mounted a backroom campaign to loosen Brussels’ landmark plan to ban Russian gas, according to five people familiar with the matter, as the bloc strains to kick its remaining reliance on Moscow for energy. On Tuesday, the EU unveiled a long-awaited legal proposal that aims to snuff out Russian gas imports to the bloc by 2027, as Brussels attempts to crush a vital revenue stream for the Kremlin’s war effort in Ukraine.

1 week ago | politico.eu | Gabriel Gavin

BRUSSELS — The European Union will not forge ahead with plans to impose a tough new price cap on the Russian oil exports funding the Kremlin's war in Ukraine in light of concerns that a new conflict in the Middle East will drive up oil prices. The proposal, which would have seen the maximum price of Moscow's oil slashed from $60 per barrel to $45, was due to be discussed Monday in Brussels by foreign ministers from across the bloc.