After weeks of procrastination, Europeans agreed, on the evening of Thursday 1 October, on the adoption of sanctions against around 40 people responsible for the electoral fraud of the 9 August presidential election and the subsequent repression (see EUROPE B12544A9).
At the end of the first day of the European Council, its President, Charles Michel, announced that a written procedure would be launched on Friday to formally adopt the European sanctions. Although the list includes about...