28.08.08: Germany's relations with Russia threaten EU-Ukraine relations - The Diigo Meta page

• 29 Aug 08
  

  Prof. Dr Wolfgang Schumann

  eu-policies cfsp neighbourhoodpolicy enlargementpolicy_eu enlargementpolicymemberstates germany ukraine

  • Germany's close relations with Russia are the main obstacle to signing a major EU-Ukraine treaty at the upcoming EU-Ukraine summit in France, Ukraine diplomats say, warning that failure to seal the deal will signal to Moscow that it can veto EU policy on post-Soviet states.
  • "There are maybe two or three countries who are strong opposers, strong sceptics," Ukrainian deputy foreign minister Konstantin Yeliseyev said in Brussels on Thursday (28 August), commenting on EU reluctance to state clearly that "the future of Ukraine lies in the European Union" in the preamble to the new treaty

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