On Thursday 8 February, the Member States’ ambassadors to the EU (Coreper) held an initial exchange of views on the 13th package of sanctions against Russia. The day before, they had received proposals from the European Commission and the European External Action Service.
According to a European source, “the package has been well received by the Member States, even if the limited time available to analyse the proposals has not allowed us to go into much detail”. Member States had...