Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000807/2025
to the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
Rule 144
Nadine Morano (PPE)
On 24 February 2025, the 16th package of sanctions against Russia entered into force. These new restrictions target EU imports of Russian aluminium. However, Russian aluminium is already covered by a number of sanctions and accounts for just 6 % of Europe’s aluminium imports.
The new sanctions also focus on the Kremlin’s ‘shadow fleet’ and its actions in the EU. Yet just 73 vessels out of an estimated 600 are affected by the measures[1]. It would thus seem that these new sanctions will have little impact on Russia.
In view of the above:
- 1.To what extent does the VP/HR believe that these new sanctions will affect the Russian economy?
- 2.What is her view of the impact of the previous 15 packages of sanctions?
Submitted: 21.2.2025
- [1] Euronews, ‘EU agrees new sanctions on Russia’, 19 February 2025, https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/19/eu-slaps-new-sanctions-on-russia-amid-donald-trumps-push-for-negotiations