
Macron: G7 Rejects Lifting Russia Sanctions Despite Rising Oil Prices
The French president also said there is “no confirmation” of mines being deployed in the Strait of Hormuz.

The French president also said there is “no confirmation” of mines being deployed in the Strait of Hormuz.

Washington has adjusted its sanctions policy to stabilise global energy markets, exposing a growing divide with European governments.

To simultaneously obliterate Germany’s nuclear sector and to cut off energy ties with Russia wasn’t simply foolish—it was self-sabotage of the highest and most unforgivable order.

Sanctions have reduced the Kremlin’s margins, but they have neither curbed its exports nor eased Europe’s energy crisis.

Hungary and Slovakia halt the twentieth package of sanctions, highlighting the increasing political fatigue within the bloc.

As the Commission prepares its 20th sanctions package, plans to curb Russian fertilizer imports risk triggering fresh protests from a farming sector already strained by rising costs and energy shocks.

It seems that if it were up to the Ukrainian president, the EU would have already invaded Iran and declared war on Russia.

Europe needs an urgent, independent economic crash commission led by business leaders and economists—not Brussels politicians.

Disrupted supply chains, underfunded R&D, Chinese competition, and a potential brain drain could all curb Moscow’s influence in the skies.

Besides Italy, German firms also continue operations in Russia, contributing nearly €1.72 billion to Moscow’s war machine since 2022.