The leaders of France and Germany will take centre stage today when European leaders turn to the conflict in eastern Ukraine at their informal summit in Brussels. As European Voice went to print, Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s François Hollande were still holding crisis talks with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko in an effort to put a five-month peace process back on track.
If Merkel and Hollande bring news to Brussels that Russia and Russian-backed separatists have renewed commitments to a 12-point plan agreed in September, EU leaders will face the challenge of deciding how to …read more
Source: European Voice
