EU summit: agreement on sanctions against Russia and the Energy Union

"We must put an end to the total dependency on third countries for energy supply."

The EU maintains pressure on Russia. Summit meeting in Brussels, the Twenty-Eight agreed to link the duration of sanctions against Moscow to the full implementation of the peace agreement on Ukraine. In other words, sanctions, due to expire in July, will be extended if the situation on the ground is deteriorating.

Moreover, European leaders approved the creation of an Energy Union. A necessity, they say, to reduce energy dependency. "The Union Energy is a necessity because energy costs amount to € 400 billion per year, making it more than a billion a day. It is obvious that we must put an end to total dependence on third countries in terms of energy supply, "stressed the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

As for the Greek question, which was not included in the program, she finally was addressed at a mini-summit, which angered several countries in the euro area, explains our Brussels correspondent Isabel Marques da Silva "The meeting on Greece was held on the sidelines of the EU summit with seven players only. Intended to take stock of the situation, mini-summit dismissed several countries that could be adversely affected in the event of a Greek exit from the euro zone. ''