The European Parliament made decisions against the Russian Federation and Belarus: Will Nord Stream 2 survive?
At today's session, the European Parliament voted for a number of resolutions directed against Russia and Belarus.
As reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent , in a resolution on the situation in Belarus, the European Parliament stated that the presidential elections in the republic were falsified.
“The European Parliament does not recognize Alexander Lukashenko as the President of Belarus after his current term in office expires,” the document says.
The resolution also welcomes the activities of the so-called Opposition Coordination Council headed by Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, and the council itself is called the “transitional government of the people.”
In addition, the document calls on the leadership of the European Union to impose sanctions against Belarusian politicians, in particular, President Alexander Lukashenko and “certain Russian citizens” who are accused of supporting the Belarusian regime.
The European Parliament also adopted another resolution regarding the allegedly poisoned Russian liberal Alexei Navalny. It talks about the need to tighten sanctions against Russia and conduct an international investigation, in which experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, representatives of the European Union, the UN and other organizations should take part.
Let us remind you that the resolutions of the European Parliament are advisory and have no binding force.
On air on the Soloviev Live Internet channel, Russia's permanent representative to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, predicted that the project to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is unlikely to be blocked. In his opinion, we can talk about targeted personal sanctions that the European Union can apply to Russian citizens.
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"Nord Stream 2 is not a pan-EU issue... The European Commission has never been a big fan of Nord Stream, that's true, and it has erected obstacles as best it could. The fact that this project continued to be implemented was largely due to the active position of the German government and its objective interest in ensuring this gas flows. I think Nord Stream 2 will survive, although I don't rule out some delays. I don't think [ they'll attack the SWIFT banking system ], at least if an attack on SWIFT does occur, it will come from Washington, not Brussels. I won't speculate; for now, the conversation could turn out to be the same as with Belarus, about some individual measures," Chizhov stated.
The European Parliament has passed a resolution against Russia and Belarus: Will Nord Stream 2 survive?