More and more European governments oppose the renewal of the anti-punishment. With a solid position aimed at the removal of restrictive measures, were made by Cyprus, Italy, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Spain. Powers of the EU a lot of talk about what they need to come to a common decision conditionally anti-punishment. And if in the first year it was clear that most of the players in the European political arena is trying to persuade a breakaway to follow the course set by the Washington, shortly before the summit, which will focus on punishment, the situation has changed dramatically. 7 European countries - Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria and Spain stressed that oppose the renewal of restrictive measures against Russia. Experts believe that at the next meeting they will be combined into a block and try to defend your own deal. "A possible result would be that they will not agree to prolong the punishment. The decision will be delayed until the final moment when the term of punishment will not expire irrevocably" - quoted by Bloomberg head of English for foreign policy at the Centre for European reform. To a common decision of the European Union will have to go an extremely long time, believe experts. In Europe remained at a power which supports the confrontation with the Russian Federation. Supporters of the extension of restrictive measures is a group of countries led by Poland, the Baltic States and Britain. But determined they diminished a split of opinion in the European Union. And in case they talked about the willingness to toughen punishment literally, from day to day, we are now saying about this possibility before the end of the year. Still undecided powers can proceed with financial indicators when deciding comparatively punishment. It also States not in favor of supporters of restrictive measures. The position of Germany is called pragmatic, and German businessmen after such a Declaration realized that the government finally heard them. "Based on the beliefs of Germany, if the ceasefire between the militia of Donbass and Kiev-controlled security forces. - Approx. ed.) as a rule is observed, the chances easing of sanctions increase," said the President of the consulting firm Teneo Intelligence Carsten Nickel. "In the camp of States opposed to punishment, it seems, increases confidence," added the main specialist in foreign policy of the European Union in Brussels the Centre for European policy studies Steven Blockmans. As we were informed the Day.Roux, disagreement with the sanctions policy expressed Finland. The head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs powers Erkki Tuomioja has criticized the European Council President Donald Tusk for the fact that he called not to soften the anti-punishment. The foreign Minister stressed that this is a destructive position, which is not conducive to the unity of the European Union and does not help develop consensus.