After six months of chairmanship in the EU Council, Poland will transfer the presidency of Denmark, which will chair the work of ministers and ambassadors of the member states from Tuesday.
“The 18th sanction package must be adopted first. This is no doubt at all” – said Bartol.” We managed to accept two sanction packages and three extensions, which is an absolute record ” – emphasized a fixed representative, who on Monday led the last meeting of the ambassadors of the Member States.
The Polish presidency reached an agreement in the EU Council in the case of the 16th and 17th Sanction Package. Also led the work on the eighteenth package almost to the end. Slovakia, however, did not agree to his acceptance, which uses the possibility of veto in sanctions to negotiate special conditions regarding the total ban on the import of Russian gas proposed by the European Commission since 2028. The EC wants the ban to be introduced by a regulation that Slovakia will not be able to veto. The EC delegation will go to Bratislava on Thursday.
Together with Slovakia, new sanctions also block Hungary.
EU sanctions apply for six months. After this time, it is necessary to extend them, which requires the unanimous consent of the member states.
In January, economic restrictions were extended at the last moment due to the blockade of Hungary. During the Polish conductivity, individual sanctions were also extended, i.e. The black list, on which there is nearly 2.4 thousand. people and entities.
