Tuesday, January 13, 2015

European Parliament Joint Motion for a Resolution on Ukraine

European Parliament Joint Motion for a Resolution on Ukraine Draft 13.01.2015

"in case of any further Russian actions destabilising Ukraine, invites the European Council to take up further restrictive measures and broaden their scope, by covering the nuclear sector and by limiting the ability of Russian entities to conduct international financial transactions"

Does this mean blocking Russian access to the SWIFT international banking transaction system as proposed by the UK government several months ago?

Some other interesting stuff in the motion too...e.g. reminder "that there are now no objections, including legal restrictions, for Member States to  provide defensive arms to Ukraine, which could be based on a "lend-lease" like arrangement"

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