WASHINGTON — When the U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official visits Europe this week, he’ll get one more chance to urge Europeans to renew the punishing sanctions regime against Russia. By all accounts, he won’t need it.
It’s a point of pride among U.S. and European officials that in an otherwise fractious Europe, nobody — even skeptics like Hungary and Greece — will veto the sanctions imposed after the Russian invasion of Crimea. For the moment, at least. And despite Russian attempts to poke holes in the alliance, EU leaders are this month expected to renew the sanctions for another six …read more
Source: European Voice
