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Defence, sanctions against Russia, aid to Ukraine, energy… The Member States are meeting in a special European summit on Monday and Tuesday.
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By Emmanuel Berretta
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Lthe war in Ukraine and its multiple consequences will be at the heart of the special European summit that opens on Monday, May 30, at around 16 o’clock, in Brussels. The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, will also take the floor there by videoconference in the early evening. The last time, he had defeated the Hungarian Viktor Orban who refuses him any military support. Since then, the Hungarian Prime Minister does not intend to support an oil embargo any more – according to the 6e sanctions package proposed by the Commission – taking into account the damage to his country’s economy…
However, discussions are still ongoing at Coreper (meeting of European ambassadors) and the proposed sanctions have evolved a little. From now on, there would be only talk of a limited embargo on exported Russian oil…

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