Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, various countries’ sanctions against Russia continue. The EU is also preparing to increase its sanctions against Russia. In the news that the German press based on EU diplomats in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, it was stated that Germany supports a ban on oil imports from Russia.
TO INCREASE THE PRESSURE ON RUSSIA…
While the EU Commission is expected to impose a ban on oil imports from Russia in the 6th sanction package they have prepared to increase the pressure on Russia, it is expected that the said ban will be more possible in the EU with Germany’s support of the embargo.
THEY AGAINST
Countries like Slovakia and Hungary have so far opposed a sudden import ban, mainly because of their large dependence on Russian oil resources.
In the “Second Management Report on Energy Security” of the German Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, the share of Russian imports in German oil consumption increased from 35 percent to 12 percent, gas rate from 55 percent to 35 percent, and coal rate from last year. It was stated that it decreased from about 50 percent to 8 percent. (UAV)