Thirty-five MEPs from various groups and nationalities - members of the Friends of European Ukraine - called, in a letter on Friday 25 April, on the Greek Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, to take active steps to prevent the sale of Greek ships likely reinforcing the Russian ‘shadow fleet’.
A legal framework was put in place by the EU in December 2023 requiring those selling a vessel to notify and prove that they have checked that it will not undermine sanctions or price caps,...