EU Official Says No ‘Unified Position’ Reached on Russian Energy Embargo

EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell delivers a speech on the situation in Afghanistan during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, on Sept. 14, 2021. Julien Warnand/Pool via Reuters

The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has said that insufficient support from the bloc’s member states means a complete embargo or punitive tariff on Russian oil and gas imports can’t yet be levied.

“At the moment, we in the EU do not have a unified position on this question,” Borrell was quoted as saying by the German newspaper Die Welt on April 25. “A final proposal for an embargo on oil and gas is not yet on the table.”