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One joyless Brussels day before Christmas
It was the morning after the EU summit, and all through the lands stirred feelings of annoyance, even among the mice. The leaders of Europe at Donald Tusk’s party running so long and so late. Mario Draghi and Jens Stoltenberg for being forced to wait. And the poor poor chefs, whose efforts to lay on the greatest of spreads, all went to...
Ukraine deal meets naysayers halfway | NRC Handelsblad – Netherlands
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Putin’s Revenge
Twenty years before Vladimir Putin began his ingenious campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election, his predecessor as Russia’s president stood on a dark street near the White House. In his underpants. Looking for a pizza. It was September 1994, and Boris Yeltsin was in Washington for a state visit with his new friend,...
For Russia, more love
The Republican party is warming to Russian President Vladimir Putin — even as evidence of his regime’s interference in the election intensifies. While some Republicans in Congress have slammed the Russian strongman and called for investigations into the Kremlin’s attempts to influence the election, the...
EU deal on Ukraine could unravel in Dutch parliament
Dutch PM needs support from opposition parties, or ratification of the strategic Ukraine treaty could still be blocked. …read more Source:...
Europe confronts limitations at year-end summit
EU leaders attempted to draw a line under an excruciatingly tough year at Thursday’s summit by extending economic sanctions on Russia, clearing the path for a trade deal with Ukraine and agreeing to move towards greater military cooperation. Such incremental advances were overshadowed, however, by their powerlessness to halt the Syrian...
EU reaches deal on Ukraine trade pact
EU leaders in Brussels reached a last-minute agreement today to save the EU-Ukraine trade accord, which was under threat after a Dutch referendum in April rejected the deal. The referendum was not binding, but it made it politically difficult for the country’s parliament to ratify it. Leaders made a legally binding deal that, among other...
Dutch PM clinches deal on Ukraine treaty
EU leaders agreed on a text that clarifies what is in, and what is not in the EU-Ukraine association agreement. But Mark Rutte noted he has no guarantee Dutch parliament will support the deal. …read more Source:...
Russia and NATO to talk again on security, Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday that he’s invited ambassadors to meet with Russia early next week to discuss European security and the Ukraine conflict. “I have invited members of the NATO-Russia Council to a meeting on Monday at ambassadorial level at NATO headquarters to discuss topics of relevance to European...
[Ticker] Dutch PM: Failure of Ukraine treaty would be ‘gift’ to Putin
Dutch PM Mark Rutte warned that scrapping the Ukraine-EU association agreement would be the “biggest present that we can offer to [Russian president] Vladimir Putin”. He said “we are not in a position now to bear big gifts for Putin, on the contrary, we [EU] must keep our unity”. Following a referendum, the Netherlands...
