Emre Peker Profile picture
Director @EurasiaGroup, obsessing over EU trade & foreign policy matters, Turkey and other shenanigans. Recovering journalist, previously with @WSJ & @business.
Mar 24, 2022 6 tweets 3 min read
#EU came out fast & furious with sanctions against #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. Now, fatigue is setting in, while allies with less at stake economically--like the US--are willing to keep escalating. Inconsistent messaging on the EU's 5th package & on oil bans says it all. 🧵👇 On one corner, we have (via BBG/Politico):

*SLOVENIA'S JANSA: SANCTION OF RUSSIA OIL, COAL, GAS ON TABLE

*IRELAND'S MARTIN: NEED TO WIDEN SANCTIONS AS MUCH AS WE CAN

*LATVIA'S KARINS: HAVE TO LOOK SERIOUSLY AT ENERGY SANCTIONS; TEMPORARY OIL AND COAL EMBARGO IS LOGICAL OPTION