{"id":151166,"date":"2020-08-31T22:21:05","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/eu-sanctions-message-gets-muddled-over-pipeline-politics\/"},"modified":"2020-08-31T22:21:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T22:21:05","slug":"eu-sanctions-message-gets-muddled-over-pipeline-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/eu-sanctions-message-gets-muddled-over-pipeline-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"EU sanctions message gets muddled over pipeline politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

The EU and many of its member countries are uneasy over U.S. sanctions policy \u2014 but efforts to express those views to Washington turned into a finger-pointing mess for the Europeans.<\/p>\n

The problem is that EU countries are trying to defend their sovereignty against the U.S. without appearing to condone the political actions of Russia, their largest gas supplier. Thats made even more difficult by the reported poisoning<\/a> of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, which has put pressure on EU countries to respond.<\/p>\n

The divided positions were starkly apparent in an attempted show of European unity on a diplomatic call with the U.S. State Department on August 12.<\/p>\n

Nord Stream 2 \u2014 the Russia-to-Germany pipeline being built by Gazprom \u2014 was purposely not mentioned in the invitation to the EUs 27 member countries to discuss general sanctions policy, the European External Action Service said. The U.S. recently escalated its threats of \u201ccrushing<\/a>\u201d sanctions against any European business involved with the project.<\/p>\n

The EU meeting started with a representative of the blocs delegation stating that EU policy considered extraterritorial sanctions to be a violation of international law \u2014 explicitly referencing the cases of U.S. sanctions on Iran, Cuba, the International Criminal Court and Nord Stream 2, according to minutes of the meeting seen by POLITICO.<\/p>\n

Only three EU countries are listed in the minutes as having skipped the meeting: Hungary, Latvia and Romania. A POLITICO story<\/a> written immediately after the meeting said Poland did not take part. The Polish embassy in Washington later clarified that it had attended the meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile it may not result in immediate changes in the US sanctions policy, the outreach was successful in showcasing great interest and concern by [member states] on the issue of escalating US sanction regimes,\u201d the report added.<\/p>\n

To d\u00e9marche or not to d\u00e9marche<\/h3>\n

That glowing analysis soon soured as news of the meeting went public two days later, and countries debated what, exactly, they had just participated in.<\/p>\n

German officials from the Federal Foreign Office told business groups<\/a> in Berlin that a 24-country d\u00e9marche, or formal statement of government policy, had been transmitted to the Americans during the call. A German MP also used the word d\u00e9marche in a letter<\/a> sent to sanctions legislation co-sponsor U.S. Senator Ted Cruz.<\/p>\n

\u201cAustria indeed participated in this diplomatic d\u00e9marche,\u201d said a spokesperson for Austrias foreign ministry.<\/p>\n

Even Brussels was confused.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can confirm that a d\u00e9marche was made on August 12th at the invitation of the EU delegation to the U.S. State Department of State on U.S. sanctions policy,\u201d said an EU diplomat. \u201cThe d\u00e9marche was based on the statement by the High Representative\/Vice-President Josep Borrell on U.S. sanctions. Twenty-four EU member states participated in the d\u00e9marche, which took place via video conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

But another EU official called it \u201can informal d\u00e9marche\u201d because only 24 countries joined.<\/p>\n

EU foreign affairs spokesperson Nabila Massrali then made it clear that a d\u00e9marche can only happen if all EU countries back it.<\/p>\n

\u201cD\u00e9marches are a formal diplomatic tool that, at EU level, must be agreed beforehand by all EU member states,\u201d she said, adding: \u201cThe outreach by the EU delegation was always intended as outreach, never as a d\u00e9marche.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jonatan Vseviov, Estonias ambassador to the U.S., said participation in the meeting was no indicator of position \u2014 on sanctions or the pipeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot obviously speak on behalf of everybody else, but I can speak on behalf of Estonia, and I can assure you that we did not d\u00e9marche the Americans, alone or together with anybody else, even though we were participating in that particular meeting,\u201d Vseviov said. \u201cThere is no d\u00e9marche that is sort of accidental \u2014 you just happen to be in the room when somebodys d\u00e9marching somebody, then all of a sudden youre part of the d\u00e9marche.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that Estonias strong position against the pipeline had not changed, and that his country was happy with the current state of affairs of U.S. sanctions on the pipeline.<\/p>\n

\u201cWere not pushing for sanctions. Were opposing Nord Stream. That is an important distinction,\u201d Vseviov added. \u201cWhen it comes to how the U.S. executes or shapes its foreign policy, that obviously is a matter for the United States to decide.\u201d<\/p>\n

Polands ambassador to the EU, Andrzej Sado\u015b, said the issue of EU statements going farther than what its members are comfortable with is a problem.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny claims about a coordinated EU diplomatic action criticizing U.S. sanctions policy towards Nord Stream 2 are misleading,\u201d Sado\u015b said. \u201cA common EURead More \u2013 Source<\/a>
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