Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for the question, Mr. Bergeron. Actually, as I explained in my opening remarks that you referred to, the repatriation of turbines is not in contravention of the EU sanctions regime, because the goods and technology linked to the transport of natural gas are not affecte

Foreign Affairs committee  Not that I am aware of. I would also venture to say that this would not be something that would be a prerogative of the EU.

Foreign Affairs committee  Indeed, the European Union is actually preparing for potential possible further disruptions of energy supplies from the Russian side. To this end, as I mentioned, we have a plan to phase out our dependency on Russian energy sources altogether. This plan is called REPowerEU. It ac

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you, MP Sorbara. Very quickly, we have had excellent co-operation with Canada. We have been working together to support Ukraine, and also to coordinate and inform each other about the sanctions against Russia, and we have been looking and analyzing how Canada can help Eur

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for this question. I would like to clarify that the European Union passed seven packages of sanctions against Russia. All sanctions are accepted in unanimity, meaning that all 27 member states have to agree, and all 27 member states agreed to all seven packages of sanct

Foreign Affairs committee  The executive branch of the European Union, the European Commission, welcomed the decision by Canada to repatriate the turbines, as I explained earlier, both in terms of taking away the pretext as well as potentially helping to fill up gas storage for the winter.

Foreign Affairs committee  This welcome was actually issued by the executive branch, the European Commission.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for this question, honourable MP Zuberi. The short answer to your question is that the European Union is determined to minimize unintended consequences of our very serious sanctions for third countries, as well as for the European economy.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes, thank you, Sabine. I want to reiterate what I already said in my opening statement, which is that we do welcome Canada's decision to repatriate this turbine, both because it took away the pretext that Russia has been using for reducing the flow of gas, and also because, as

Foreign Affairs committee  Good afternoon, honourable chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, honourable committee members and excellencies Sparwasser and Kovaliv. It is my pleasure to be with you today to provide perspective on the matter at hand on behalf of the