The document states that during this meeting, the EU specialized support for sanctions David O`CAllivan announced “a complete abandonment of transatlantic coordination on the issues of evasion of sanctions.” Therefore, there are no more “joint contacts”.
According to O`Calivan, the cooperation of the countries of the “Big Seven” in this regard has lost impulse.
As Suddeutsche Zeitung noted, it is now unclear how Europeans and Americans intend to further coordinate additional packages of sanctions against the Russian Federation in these circumstances.
Context
On May 19, US President Donald Trump held a telephone conversation with illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin about the ceasefire in Ukraine. Before this call, and also after him, the head of the White House talked with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky.
Before that, on the evening of May 18, British Prime Minister Cyrus Starmer discussed the Russian-Ukrainian war and the need for an unconditional ceasefire along with the leaders of the United States, Italy, France and Germany. Participants also discussed the probability of applying sanctions if Russia does not take serious participation in the ceasefire and peaceful negotiations.
The fact that Europe agreed with Trump after his conversation with Putin to strengthen sanctions against the Russian Federation, on May 19, Friedrich Mertz wrote on the social network X Chancellor.
At the same time, according to Axios, Trump rejected the proposal of European leaders to introduce tough sanctions against Russia after talking with Putin.
However, on May 26, Trump said that “absolutely” is ready to tighten sanctions against the Russian Federation because of the last massive shelling of Ukraine. According to the head of the White House, Putin “completely crazy”, killing not only the military, but also the civilian. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump may impose sanctions before June 1.
