EU Fails to Agree on 21st Russia Sanctions Package at 27-Nation Meeting
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Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 13
EU Fails to Agree on 21st Russia Sanctions Package at 27-Nation Meeting
3 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · Jul 13
Summary
EU foreign ministers left a Brussels meeting without agreement on a 21st sanctions package against Russia that had been expected to pass on Monday.
27 member states remained split despite days of ambassador-level talks, with national sensitivities still blocking consensus on the new measures.
The impasse interrupts the EU’s pattern of successive sanctions rounds imposed since Russia’s full-scale 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
The failure to clinch a deal underscores how harder-to-align national interests are complicating the bloc’s effort to keep tightening pressure on Moscow.