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Putin’s war overshadows EU summit

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European leaders grapples with Ukraine, food and energy crises

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Micheal Martin, Ireland's prime minister, speaks to the media on the second day of a special European Union (EU) leaders summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. European Union leaders overcame weeks of division to clinch a deal on partially banning Russian oil, but calls to target one of Putin's other big moneymakers, gas, are opening new rifts in the bloc. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
Micheal Martin, Ireland's prime minister, speaks to the media on the second day of a special European Union (EU) leaders summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. European Union leaders overcame weeks of division to clinch a deal on partially banning Russian oil, but calls to target one of Putin's other big moneymakers, gas, are opening new rifts in the bloc. Photographer: Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg
Wed Jun 01 2022 - 13:40

EU member states reached an agreement on new sanctions against Russia at a summit in Brussels earlier this week, this time banning most Russian oil imports.

A looming global food shortage blamed on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was also in focus at the summit.

Pat Leahy and Naomi O’Leary were at the summit and they talk to Hugh Linehan about what happened there on this week’s Inside Politics podcast from The Irish Times.

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