Cease-fire requests “Total and unconditional” of the European Union (EU) and several of its leaders inspire disdain and outbids from Moscow, as recalled by the latest Russian drone and missile attacks on kyiv and Odessa, on the night of Monday, June 10. Faced with this brutal end of inadmissibility, the European Commission proposed, on Tuesday, an 18th package of sanctions, in order to“Accentuate the pressure” on the Kremlin. “Strength is the only language that Russia will understand”, said the president of the commission, Ursula von der Leyen. “Every day, Russia lies on its peace efforts”, Added Kaja Kallas, the high representative of the EU for foreign affairs and security policy.
If Ursula von der Leyen hopes them “Biting” And “Hard”these sanctions ” are mainly proposals which are part of the continuity of previous sanctions ”, Comments Laetitia Spetschinsky, lecturer at the Institute of European Studies of the Catholic University of Louvain. According to her, “These are updates, to deal with Russia bypassing”.
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Source: Lemonde