EU sources speaking to the Daily Telegraph accused Berlin of hijacking talks in order to secure wider concessions with Russia which would benefit its own economy.
On Friday, Berlin was accused of deliberately watering down the EU’s planned embargo on Russian oil. The EU sources told The Daily Telegraph Berlin wanted an exemption for deliveries via pipeline to be extended from Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to the entire bloc.
In their bid to unblock talks over the EU’s sixth package of sanctions against Moscow, officials from Berlin asked to only impose the embargo on sea shipments of Russian oil....
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