EU constantly working to improve sanctions on Russia - Scholz

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Tuesday that the European Union was continuously working to improve its sanctions regime against Russia.

Responding to a question about whether he was in favour of a proposed expansion of sanctions to include Chinese companies, Scholz said the goal was to improve existing sanctions and that the next sanctions package would not be the last.

FILE PHOTO: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue, in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi

(Reporting by Rachel More, Editing by Friederike Heine)

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, May 9, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron