Home / WorldWorldEuronewsWorldEuronews·Sep 15, 2026·1 min readFrance ties EU sanctions renewal to prisoner releaseGood morning from Brussels. I’m Mared Gwyn. Today: why France is holding up the renewal of the EU’s sanctions list, and a teaser of Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the European Union speech.View original source — Euronews ↗ShareCopy linkShare on XShare on FacebookRelated storiesPoliticsEuronewsPoliticsSep 4, 2026 · 1 minEU sanctions: a person must never be merely a means to an endEuronewsWorldEuronewsWorldSep 11, 2026 · 1 minExclusive: France joins Slovakia in asking to delist Russian oligarch UsmanovEuronewsWorldEuronewsWorldSep 14, 2026 · 1 minFrench-Slovak veto deepens EU deadlock on Russia sanctions renewalEuronewsBusinessFinancial TimesBusinessSep 14, 2026 · 1 minFrance in ‘astonishing’ push to lift EU sanctions on Russian oligarchFinancial Times
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