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The invasion of Ukraine: and still the stances emerge
NICK WRIGHT reviews the political arithmetic behind the positions taken by Europe's leading powers, along with some of its communist parties — including Russia's
Demonstrators demanding an embargo on Russian oil during a protest in front of the Europa building in Brussels on May 30th
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THE European Council met this week to consider sanctions against Russia. Germany, France and Italy, for the second time, anticipated the event with a private conclave to see how their common interests can be asserted against the Anglo-American alliance and its followers in eastern Europe.
Italian premier Mario Draghi, just returned from a transatlantic trip, and Emmanuel Macron and Olaf Scholz from pow-wows with Vladimir Putin are determined, it seems, to find a workaround.
Italy is dependent on Russian energy and Draghi is dragged in two directions. He argues on one hand that it is essential Putin does not win this war, entreating: “We must maintain unity on sanctions. Italy agrees with the package, as long as there are no imbalances between member states.”
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