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Perihal : Penyampaian Usulan News Update Wilayah Eropa Timur dan Balkan
periode 21 – 28 November 2022

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dengan homat kami sampaikan bahwa dalam periode 21 – 28 November 2022, kami telah
menyusun dan menyampaikan bahan masukan terhadap keluaran BSKLN berupa News
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EAST - CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE

BALKANS UPDATE
 22 - 28 November 2022

Hungary to ratify NATO membership for Finland, Sweden early next year - PM Orban
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Thursday (24/11) that Hungary's parliament would ratify
NATO membership for Finland and Sweden early next year. Orban told a briefing after a
meeting of the Visegrad Group in Slovakia that his government had already decided that
Hungary would support Finland's and Sweden's NATO accession and parliament would set
this item on its agenda at its first session next year. “Hungary will surely give its backing to
their accession, after the government had done, also parliament will do so," Orban said.
Parliament normally reconvenes around mid-February. Hungary and Turkey are the only
members of the alliance who have not yet cleared the accession. The Hungarian
government submitted the relevant legislation in July but parliament, in which Orban's ruling
Fidesz party has a two-thirds majority, has not yet tabled the two bills for debate and
approval. [Reuters]

Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria join the Schengen zone

The European Commission asked the European Council on Wednesday (23/11) evening to
take the necessary decisions to allow Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia to fully enter the
Schengen area without delay.European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson
said that member states must take the “historic decision and in the interest of all” to accept
Romania, Bulgaria and Croatia into the Schengen area. The request comes after a media
outlet argued that the port of Constanta is missing from the list of places verified by an EU
inspection in October.
The Netherlands has sent an evaluation mission to Romania this week to verify whether the
country is meeting the criteria for accession to the Schengen area. The Netherlands has for
many years obstructed Romania and Bulgaria's entry into the zone due to corruption and
problems with the rule of law. Romania has rejected these arguments, claiming the Dutch
obstruction was politically motivated. Meanwhile the Swedish parliament recently voted
against accepting Romania into the Schengen area.
A decision on Romania’s accession to Schengen should be taken at the European Justice
and Internal Affairs Council on December 8. The European Parliament on November 10
issued a favourable opinion on Croatia joining Schengen, and on October 18, it adopted a
resolution asking the European Council to allow Romania and Bulgaria to join. [Balkan
Insight]

Bulgaria to let Russian oil refinery export despite EU ban

Bulgaria will allow a Black Sea refinery owned by a Russian oil company to keep operating
and exporting oil products to the European Union until the end of 2024 despite warnings by
Brussels that it is against the bloc’s sanctions. The deal between Bulgaria and Russian-
owned Lukoil will give an additional 350 million-euro (dollar) boost to Bulgaria's budget,
according to estimates by the government in Sofia.
Bulgaria's sole refinery is the main source of gasoline and diesel fuel sold on the Bulgarian
market. It contributes some 9% of the country's economic output and employs several
thousand people. The EU has banned the purchase, import or transfer of Russian crude oil
starting Dec. 5 and other refined petroleum products from Russia starting Feb. 5.
[ABCNews]

Turkey and Russia negotiate small-scale military operation in northern Syria

Turkish and Russian officials are negotiating a small-scale Turkish military operation to
remove Syrian Kurdish fighters from the west of the Euphrates river in the coming weeks,
two sources familiar with the issue told Middle East Eye.  Earlier this week, Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG)
with a ground operation in response to the deadly 13 November Istanbul bombing that
Ankara believes was perpetrated by YPG-linked suspects.  Turkish defence minister Hulusi
Akar told his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in a phone call on Thursday (24/11) that
Ankara would continue to respond to attacks that target civilian settlements in Turkey,
according to the Turkish readout.  Ankara has been conducting a series of fighter jet and
drone attacks throughout northern Syria against YPG targets since the Istanbul bombing,
inflicting fatalities among both fighters and civilians. This has drawn American criticism over
the proximity of strikes to nearby coalition bases, where US soldiers are stationed.  “[We]
pointed out that permanently preventing the terrorist threat and corridor, and neutralising
terrorist organisations, is our top priority,” said the Turkish statement about Akar's call with
Shoigu. [Middleeasteye]

Poland's surprise move to reject German air defence system causes stir 
An anti-missile system Germany offered to send to Poland should instead go to Ukraine,
Warsaw said, raising concerns that such a move would signify an escalation of NATO
involvement in the war in eastern Europe. Others believe the Polish government's rebuff was
a mistake. Poland's surprising response to Berlin's offer was welcomed by Kyiv, desperate to
protect its airspace as continued barrages of Russian missiles have knocked out power
across the country.
Polish President Andrzej Duda has invited Germany to send Patriot surface-to-air missiles to
Poland as part of an "integrated air defence" system for the country. Critics in Poland have
accused the ruling party, PiS, of sacrificing the country's security with a war next door in
Ukraine for the sake of a domestic political struggle. But Germany's defence minister says
the use of such systems outside its territory must be agreed upon by all NATO members.
Poland's ruling party has been ratcheting up its anti-German messaging, long a staple of its
campaign rhetoric. The offer came after two men were killed when an apparently stray
Ukrainian defence projectile fell in Poland near the border with Ukraine. Poland's Defence
Minister initially said it was an offer he would accept with "satisfaction". Polish Prime Minister
Beata Szydlo's government has turned its back on NATO and critical EU funding, critics say.
Poland is demanding €1.25 trillion in wartime reparations from Germany — a bill Berlin says
it won't pay. Poland was long a critic of Germany's gas deals with Russia and also critical of
Berlin's initial hesitancy to arm Ukraine. [Euronews]

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