The European Union formally extends its Russia sanctions regime currently under review.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 90% by 31 Dec 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

WillHappen.ai · Accepted Answer

90% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-12-31.

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Gemini (Google): 88% — Unanimity will be restored once bilateral side-deals placate holdout member states like Hungary before the final legal deadline. The European Council requires unanimity, but historical holdouts have always traded sanctions vetoes for targeted carve-outs. Allowing core sanctions to permanently lapse would shatter EU foreign policy credibility, creating intense pressure to close a deal. A formal fracture where a member state permanently refuses any compromise despite EU budget leverage would drop this below 20.

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Claude (Anthropic): 92% — Extension hinges on Hungary/Slovakia not vetoing before the deadline, but EU has always renewed before. EU has unanimously renewed Russia sanctions every six-month cycle since 2014 despite periodic Hungarian threats. Deadline pressure and procedural fallback mechanisms historically force last-minute consensus or rollover before lapse. Main risk is Hungary escalating a veto threat into an actual block, which would be unprecedented but not impossible given current tensions.

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GPT (OpenAI): 93% — Renewal is the default because unanimity to let the regime lapse is harder than sustaining it amid Russia’s war. All 27 member states must agree before the next expiry; ambassadors’ delay signals bargaining, not a durable veto. Since 2014 the EU has repeatedly rolled over Russia measures, including after prior late negotiations and Hungary-related disputes. A verified Russia-Ukraine settlement or a member-state veto tied to concessions would be the main reason to revise down.

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Grok (xAI): 78% — Hungary/Slovakia lifting their veto within 90 days after extracting concessions. Unanimity is required for the 6-month rollover; Orbán has delayed but never blocked permanently since 2022. Base rate of successful extensions is 100% despite similar ambassador-level failures. A sudden US-Russia ceasefire deal would most shift the odds downward.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 88% — The EU has never let its Russia sanctions lapse; the September failure was a scope fight, not a kill switch. Unanimity is needed, but Hungary's leverage is over new measures, not the rollover of the existing regime, which has rolled over every six months since 2014. The Council can extend the current package by written procedure before the December 31 deadline, as it did in January 2025 despite Hungarian objections. The one thing that would flip this is a Hungarian veto explicitly tied to the rollover itself, which Budapest has threatened but never executed.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 91% — EU sanctions on Russia have been renewed 20+ times; only Hungary or Slovakia could block, and they've always folded. Every six-month renewal since 2014 has ultimately passed; Hungary's Orb has threatened vetoes but accepted extensions each time, most recently in mid-2025. The 'active review' framing suggests minor adjustments rather than fundamental disagreement—likely around energy carve-outs or specific entity listings. A full lapse would require unanimity to collapse entirely by year-end, which no member state has an incentive to trigger given reputational and alliance costs.

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