Observations

The EU admits its shame by hiding its latest embargo

It took not one, not two, not three, not even four, but five – YES, FIVE – rounds of published sanctions before the EU took the brave pills and decided to close its own loophole that had allowed the sales of EU weapons and ammunition to Russia for fully 43 days after Putin’s military illegally invaded the Ukraine.

Just think about that.

While the UK did not break the embargo of 2014 at all, selling no military equipment or ammunition since that date, the EU members (especially France and also Austria) continued their sales using a loophole allowing contracts to continue if they were signed before the embargo took effect on 1 August 2014.

Hiding the evidence

The loophole could have been closed immediately but it was allowed to continue because the EU Commission feared it would not get agreement. The result was the continued provision of weapons of war to Russia – weapons that could kill civilian men, women and children.

When on 11 April the EU did finally decide to pass the regulations to enforce its own ban properly it could not even find the stomach to announce its actions, as that would have given prominence to the fact the loophole had existed for EIGHT years.

This is another example where the EU has not covered itself in glory. Once again it has shown weakness and procrastination. And despite all of this it still thinks it should have an army….

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