MIL-OSI Europe: Written question – Extending sanctions packages, procedure for discontinuing sanctions packages and voting arrangements in the Council under the Treaties – E-000427/2025

Question for written answer  E-000427/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Rada Laykova (ESN)

EU sanctions, such as those aimed at the Russian Federation and its residents, must be renewed by the Council every six months. Sanctions packages are then extended not individually but in blocks, with extensions requiring a unanimous vote in the Council.

• 1.What is the exact procedure followed by the Commission and the Union if at least one Member State does not agree to extending a block of sanctions and the extension therefore cannot be adopted?
• 2.Is it in any way permitted, under the EU Treaties in force, to repeat or cancel such votes in the Council until the result favoured by the majority of Council members can be reached unanimously?

Submitted: 30.1.2025