What's New(s) - A landmark boycott

Published: June 3, 2022, 11:59 a.m.

b'\\u2018A landmark oil ban\\u2019 that is how the Guardian described the new EU sanction package on Russia, including a new almost full embargo on Russian oil. EU\\u2019s foreign chief Josep Borrell also showed to be euphoric about the new deal calling it a \\u2018landmark decision.\\u2019 \\u201cOur unity is our strength\\u201d, he added. But not all countries agreed to commit, EU leaders had to capitulate to the demands of Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orb\\xe1n, granting Budapest a near total exemption from the ban. Can the new agreement indeed be seen as a landmark deal, or is it rather a difficult compromise, according to the press?'