In February, the European Union had not imposed sanctions against Russia's liquid natural gas, as Brussels expects Washington to reach a preliminary agreement on American LNG supplies. Politico writes about this.
EU attempts to sign gas deals with the United States are limited to the policy of bloc sanctions. "When the EU adopted a new package of sanctions against Russia in February, officials did not use the LNG ban, despite the pressure from member states.
The reason for this was the continued talks with US President Donald Trump. The EU did not want to offer a banal ban on Russian fuel until it signed a deal with Washington, "the publication writes.
At the same time, the EU has postponed the publication of the so-called roadmap to refuse Russian energy resources.
One of the reasons was the lack of gas deal with the United States. "We have progress on the road map, it is made, but the time frame has changed due to the latest geopolitical events," the source of the European Commission told the publication.
