EU to agree on Russia oil ban in principle, but at odds over practice
Posted on AllSides May 30th, 2022
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European Union leaders are set to agree in principle to ban oil imports from Russia at a summit on Monday and Tuesday in Brussels, but after weeks of haggling they will leave decisions on how it will work for later, diplomats said.
"We're going towards a deal on a sixth package of sanctions," French President Emmanuel Macron said as he arrived at a meeting of centrist leaders ahead of the summit.
According to a new draft of the summit conclusions, the 27 nations will agree that Russian oil imports into...