Newsletter: EU Leaders Poised for Battle over Cash
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The President of the EU Council wants to open "diplomatic channels" to Russia – but he has not agreed with the EU Heads of State and Government. They are outraged.
Newsletter: EU leaders poised for battle over cash
Also in this newsletter: EU leaders react to European Council President António Costa laying the groundwork for diplomatic contacts with Russia; and exclusive comments from Sweden's EU affairs minister as EU leaders gear up to debate the bloc's next long-term budget.
EU Council President Costa has caused anger with an unagreed contact with Russia at the EU summit. "We need to get in the EU to speak with one voice in foreign policy," says CDU foreign politician Jürgen Hardt at "Voice in the morning."
The diplomatic contact between EU Council President Costa and Russia seems to have caused inconsistencies. According to reports, several EU Heads of State and Government criticized that they had only been informed afterwards. In German government circles there was talk of an affront.
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der Standard DEAntónio Costa wants to open diplomatic channels to Russia. For the first time, the EU extended its sanctions against Russia not only by six, but also by twelve months.
Everyone talks about how to bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. EU Council President António Costa has just called Moscow. His solo walk is considered an "affront" in Brussels.
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