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Belarus to be subject to new European sanctions

Sanctions against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko were to be announced on Monday, November 15, in Brussels, where the Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers of the Twenty-Seven are meeting. « We are going to give the green light to a broadening of the legal framework of our sanctions (…) so that it can be applied to all those involved in the smuggling of migrants to this country, for example the airlines or travel agencies involved ”, confirmed, on Sunday, Josep Borrell, the head of European diplomacy at Sunday newspaper. It is now a question of finding a precise definition of the use of migration as a “hybrid threat”, which does not exist in the current register of restrictive measures. In recent days, several airlines, including Turkish and Syrian, have already given up flights to Belarus. On Monday morning, the Belarusian leader assured him that his country was working to « Return the migrants » at their home.

After having politically approved the sanctions, the legal implementation and the designation of the persons and entities concerned could take time, in particular to avoid any recourse to the Court of Justice of Luxembourg. The Twenty-Seven should, however, sanction around thirty Belarusian personalities on Monday. “Involved in this crisis”.

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Along with these sanctions, the head of the Polish government, Mateusz Morawiecki, spoke of a « Complete closure » from the border of his country, a hypothesis which, until now, has not been discussed in Brussels. He also indicated that the EU was ready to finance the construction of a wall. But this subject divides the institutions: the Commission is opposed to it, the Council’s legal service considers that such a decision is possible, but depends on « Concrete proposals » Commission, the Parliament, unanimous so far, seems to be divided.

« Inhuman, illegal and unacceptable » tactic

Poland is also considering involving NATO in the current crisis, asking it for « Concrete measures ». On Sunday, Morawiecki suggested invoking Article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty, which provides that a member country can demand the opening of consultations if it considers that its territorial integrity and security are threatened. So far, the Atlantic Alliance has been fairly quiet, although it has assured Warsaw of its support in the face of a hybrid tactic. « Inhuman, illegal and unacceptable ».

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On the ground, the mobilization of Polish forces was maximum Sunday, while the border guards had warned of a « Massive attempt to force the border » at the migrant camp established in recent days not far from the Kuznica-Bruzgi border post. At the origin of this alert,  » rumors spread among migrants Hinting that Poland was considering opening its borders on Monday in order to « Let them transit to Germany », according to the Minister of the Interior, Mariusz Kaminski. « None of this will happen, To insisted on social networks Stanislaw Zaryn, spokesperson for the coordinator of special services. Our border is closed. «  Dozens of migrants who manage to cross the border are arrested daily on the Polish side. And, in recent days, the authorities have noted attempts to cross the border by abnormally large groups, made up of several dozen to several hundred of individuals.

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