Von der Leyen backed EU mandate for talks with Russia

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Ursula von der Leyen has launched an order to António Costa: the president of the European Commission asks the 27 to start preparing a mandate to negotiate with Russia, an initiative that challenges the controversial manoeuvre of the president of the European Council, who has already opened a diplomatic channel with the Kremlin without consulting most of the leaders. The internal division that has aired at the Brussels summit this Thursday refle…