{"id":7245,"date":"2025-05-14T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7245"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:04:17","slug":"eu-preparing-new-sanctions-against-russia-french-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=7245","title":{"rendered":"EU preparing new sanctions against Russia: French president"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the European Union (EU) is preparing a new round of sanctions against Russia \u201cin the coming days,\u201d aimed at increasing pressure on the Moscow to agree to an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>In a televised interview on Tuesday evening, Macron said that,\u00a0in coordination\u00a0with the United States, the\u00a0sanctions o Russia\u00a0would target financial services and secondary oil sellers.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement follows a high-profile visit by Macron and other European leaders to Kyiv, where they reinforced support for Ukraine and called for immediate peace talks.<\/p>\n<p>France is spearheading the 18th EU\u00a0package of anti-Russian sanctions, building on discussions between EU foreign ministers and the European Commission.<\/p>\n<p>French officials, including European Affairs Minister Jean-No\u00ebl Barrot, confirmed that the sanctions would escalate penalties on Russia\u2019s energy and finance sectors if President Vladimir Putin refuses to engage in serious negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Barrot stressed that \u201cpowerful and massive\u201d sanctions are ready if Moscow does not respond to peace overtures.<\/p>\n<p>EU leaders are demanding a 30-day ceasefire as a prerequisite for talks, with hopes pinned on a proposed summit in Istanbul involving Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and possibly US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Despite internal debate, Macron reiterated his opposition to seizing \u20ac200 billion in frozen Russian assets, citing the absence of a legal framework.<\/p>\n<p>However, EU ministers continue to support keeping the assets frozen until Russia halts aggression and agrees to pay reparations.<\/p>\n<p>The next EU foreign ministers meeting, scheduled for May, 20 in Brussels, is expected to finalise the sanctions package.<\/p>\n<p>Macron also used the opportunity to hint at future nuclear deterrent discussions within Europe, as uncertainty grows over US commitment to NATO under President Trump.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French President Emmanuel Macron has announced that the European Union (EU) is preparing a new round of sanctions against Russia \u201cin the coming days,\u201d aimed at increasing pressure on the Moscow to agree to an unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine. In a televised interview on Tuesday evening, Macron said that,\u00a0in coordination\u00a0with the United States, the\u00a0sanctions o [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}