EU sounds alarm, urges U.S. to coordinate on Russia sanctionsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union sounded an alarm on Saturday about moves in the U.S. Congress to step up U.S. sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to keep coordinating with its G7 partners and warning of unintended consequences.  In a statement by a spokeswoman after Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress reached a deal that could see new legislation pass, the European Commission warned of possibly “wide and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences”, notably on the EU’s efforts to diversify energy sources away from Russia. Germany has already warned of possible retaliation if the United States moves to sanction German firms involved with building a new Baltic pipeline for Russian gas.  EU diplomats are concerned that a German-U.S. row over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built by Russia’s state-owned Gazprom could complicate efforts in Brussels to forge an EU consensus on negotiating with Russia over the project. “We highly value the unity that is prevailing among international partners in our approach towards Russia’s action in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions. This unity is the guarantee of the efficiency and credibility of our measures,” the Commission said in its statement. “We understand that the Russia/Iran sanctions bill is driven primarily by domestic considerations,” it went on, referring to a bill passed in the U.S. Senate last month and to which lawmakers said on Saturday they had unblocked further obstacles. “As we have said repeatedly, it is important that any possible new measures are coordinated between international partners to maintain unity among partners on the sanctions that has been underpinning the efforts for full implementation of the Minsk Agreements,” the Commission said, referring to an accord struck with Moscow to try to end the conflicts in Ukraine. “We are concerned the measures discussed in the U.S. Congress could have unintended consequences, not only when it comes to Transatlantic/G7 unity, but also on EU economic and energy security interests. This impact could be potentially wide and indiscriminate, including when it comes to energy sources diversification efforts. “Sanctions are at their most effective when they are coordinated. Currently our sanctions regimes are coordinated. As a result their impact on the ground is increased and through coordination we are able to avoid surprises, manage potential impact on our own economic operators and address collectively efforts to circumvent such measures. Unilateral measures would undermine this,” the Commission said.  “We therefore call on the U.S. Congress/authorities to engage with the partners, including the EU, to ensure coordination and to avoid any unintended consequences of the measures discussed.” politicsNews
eu sounds alarm urges coordinate russia sanctionsbrussels reuters the european union sounded alarm saturday moves congress step sanctions russia urging washington keep coordinating partners warning unintended consequences in statement spokeswoman republicans democrats congress reached deal could see new legislation pass european commission warned possibly wide indiscriminate unintended consequences notably eu efforts diversify energy sources away russia germany already warned possible retaliation united states moves sanction german firms involved building new basic pipeline russian gas eu diplomats concerned row nord stream pipeline built russia gazprom could complicate efforts brussels forge eu consensus negotiating russia project we highly value unity prevailing among international partners approach towards russia action ukraine subsequent sanctions this unity guarantee efficiency credibility measures commission said statement we understand sanctions bill driven primarily domestic considerations went referring bill passed senate last month lawmakers said saturday unblocked obstacles as said repeatedly important possible new measures coordinated international partners maintain unity among partners sanctions undermining efforts full implementation minsk agreements commission said referring accord struck moscow try end conflicts ukraine we concerned measures discussed congress could unintended consequences comes unity also eu economic energy security interests this impact could potentially wide indiscriminate including comes energy sources diversification efforts sanctions effective coordinated currently sanctions regimes coordinated as result impact ground increased coordination able avoid surprises manage potential impact economic operators address collectively efforts circumvent measures unilateral measures would undermine commission said we therefore call engage partners including eu ensure coordination avoid unintended consequences measures politicsnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: EU sounds alarm, urges U.S. to coordinate on Russia sanctionsBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union sounded an alarm on Saturday about moves in the U.S. Congress to step up U.S. sanctions on Russia, urging Washington to keep coordinating with its G7 partners and warning of unintended consequences.  In a statement by a spokeswoman after Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Congress reached a deal that could see new legislation pass, the European Commission warned of possibly “wide and indiscriminate” “unintended consequences”, notably on the EU’s efforts to diversify energy sources away from Russia. Germany has already warned of possible retaliation if the United States moves to sanction German firms involved with building a new Baltic pipeline for Russian gas.  EU diplomats are concerned that a German-U.S. row over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline being built by Russia’s state-owned Gazprom could complicate efforts in Brussels to forge an EU consensus on negotiating with Russia over the project. “We highly value the unity that is prevailing among international partners in our approach towards Russia’s action in Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions. This unity is the guarantee of the efficiency and credibility of our measures,” the Commission said in its statement. “We understand that the Russia/Iran sanctions bill is driven primarily by domestic considerations,” it went on, referring to a bill passed in the U.S. Senate last month and to which lawmakers said on Saturday they had unblocked further obstacles. “As we have said repeatedly, it is important that any possible new measures are coordinated between international partners to maintain unity among partners on the sanctions that has been underpinning the efforts for full implementation of the Minsk Agreements,” the Commission said, referring to an accord struck with Moscow to try to end the conflicts in Ukraine. “We are concerned the measures discussed in the U.S. Congress could have unintended consequences, not only when it comes to Transatlantic/G7 unity, but also on EU economic and energy security interests. This impact could be potentially wide and indiscriminate, including when it comes to energy sources diversification efforts. “Sanctions are at their most effective when they are coordinated. Currently our sanctions regimes are coordinated. As a result their impact on the ground is increased and through coordination we are able to avoid surprises, manage potential impact on our own economic operators and address collectively efforts to circumvent such measures. Unilateral measures would undermine this,” the Commission said.  “We therefore call on the U.S. Congress/authorities to engage with the partners, including the EU, to ensure coordination and to avoid any unintended consequences of the measures discussed.” politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: eu sounds alarm urges coordinate russia sanctionsbrussels reuters the european union sounded alarm saturday moves congress step sanctions russia urging washington keep coordinating partners warning unintended consequences in statement spokeswoman republicans democrats congress reached deal could see new legislation pass european commission warned possibly wide indiscriminate unintended consequences notably eu efforts diversify energy sources away russia germany already warned possible retaliation united states moves sanction german firms involved building new basic pipeline russian gas eu diplomats concerned row nord stream pipeline built russia gazprom could complicate efforts brussels forge eu consensus negotiating russia project we highly value unity prevailing among international partners approach towards russia action ukraine subsequent sanctions this unity guarantee efficiency credibility measures commission said statement we understand sanctions bill driven primarily domestic considerations went referring bill passed senate last month lawmakers said saturday unblocked obstacles as said repeatedly important possible new measures coordinated international partners maintain unity among partners sanctions undermining efforts full implementation minsk agreements commission said referring accord struck moscow try end conflicts ukraine we concerned measures discussed congress could unintended consequences comes unity also eu economic energy security interests this impact could potentially wide indiscriminate including comes energy sources diversification efforts sanctions effective coordinated currently sanctions regimes coordinated as result impact ground increased coordination able avoid surprises manage potential impact economic operators address collectively efforts circumvent measures unilateral measures would undermine commission said we therefore call engage partners including eu ensure coordination avoid unintended consequences measures politicsnews