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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10373

7 May 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/syria
EU27 adopt sanctions but spare Bashar al-Assad

Brussels, 06/05/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday afternoon, member state ambassadors at the Political and Security Committee (PSC) approved sanctions prepared in the past few days against key Syrian officials, that is, all except Bashar al-Assad. In total, 13 leaders will thus be hit by an assets freeze and visa ban on EU territory. The package of restrictive measures that the member states are to formally endorse by written procedure by 9 May (publication in the Official Journal by Tuesday...

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