Donald Tusk will next week (18-19 December) preside over his first European Council. Although he wants to keep the focus on economic issues, particularly a €315 billion investment plan announced by Jean-Claude Juncker, the European Commission president, the situation in Ukraine will feature prominently in the discussions. Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, will attend the meeting.
On Monday (18 December), Ukraine’s prime minister, Arseniy Yatsenyuk, will be in Brussels for the EU-Ukraine Association Council.
Diplomats are currently ironing out differences on how the EU should toughen up sanctions related to Crimea, which Russia annexed in March. The EU has been gradually expanding and …read more
Source: European Voice
