The European Union’s institutions are feeling the shockwaves of a change of government in Greece, which threatens to destabilise EU rules on eurozone membership, sanctions against Russia and plans to launch an energy union.
The newly installed prime minister of Greece, Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the far-left Syriza party, wasted no time in distancing himself from an announcement by the European Council on Tuesday (27 January) that it was minded to step up sanctions against Russia in response to renewed fighting in Ukraine.
Centre-right Latvian MEP Krišjanis Karinš told European Voice: “To hear reservations about what is going on in Ukraine …read more
Source: European Voice
