RIGA — Expectations were pretty low going into the Eastern Partnership summit and in the end the meeting between European Union leaders and six post-Soviet republics lived up to that unambitious standard.
Unlike the previous summit in Vilnius in late 2013, when thousands of Ukrainians had taken to the streets of Kiev to demonstrate in favor of closer ties with the EU, the stakes in Riga were a lot less dramatic. The eastern countries themselves were deeply divided on the future of their ties as well as on how much they wanted to annoy Russia; a sentiment shared by many EU …read more
Source: European Voice
