EU Says No Power to Ban Russian Houses in Europe
Official representative of the European Commission, Paulina Piniu, stated that the European Commission does not have the authority to make decisions on closing such national organization representatives in member states, such as the Russian House in Berlin.
Consensus
- The European Commission does not have the authority to decide on the closure of Russian Houses in EU member states.
- The decision to close such organizations lies solely with individual EU member states.
- Germany announced the closure of the Russian House in Berlin.
- The closure was linked to a bomb-laden drone found in Leipzig in August.
- German authorities believe Russia is responsible for the drone incident.
- Russia denies responsibility for the drone incident.
- Russia threatened to close Goethe Institute branches in Moscow, St. Peterburg, and Yekaterinburg in response.
Points of divergence
- The German Foreign Minister Johann Wadefur announced the closure of the Russian consulate in Bonn on September 18. — vesti
- The German government denounced the intergovernmental agreement governing the activities of the Russian House of Science and Culture in Berlin. — vesti
Coverage (2 sources)
- In the European Commission, it was stated that they cannot ban the work of Russian Houses in the EU — Вести
- EU institutions call closure of Russian houses in Europe prerogative of EU member states — Интерфакс
Key entities
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- Moscow
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- EU
- European Commission
- Russian Houses
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- European Union
- Europe
- Russian House
- Berlin
- Paula Pinyu
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