September 2, 2014
Given the recent escalation in Eastern Ukraine and the increasingly obvious Russian influence in the rebel forces, the EU looks set to impose further economic and financial sanctions on Russia. EU ambassadors met yesterday to begin discussing the optio…
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EU foreign policy, EU-Russia relations, russia, sanctions, sovereign debt, Ukraine |
We’ve been overdue an update on the situation in Ukraine. Over the past few weeks, as anyone following the news will have seen, the situation on the ground has remained very volatile. The attempted ceasefire was widely disregarded, leading to the Ukr…
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economic growth, EU foreign policy, EU-Russia relations, Merkel, putin, russia, sanctions, Ukraine |
As we laid out in our Divided We Stand briefing, agreement among the EU 28 on how to respond to Russia’s role in the Ukraine crisis is not easy to come by. And if the doorstep remarks of EU Foreign Ministers arriving in Brussels this morning is anythin…
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austria, eu foreign minister, EU foreign policy, EU-Russia relations, Lithuanian, russia, Ukraine, William Hague |
March 6, 2014
EU leaders have arrived in Brussels to discuss the situation in Ukraine, the details of the €11bn aid package announced by Barroso yesterday and how to respond to the Russian occupation of Crimea. At PMQs yesterday, Cameron said that the EU should “d…
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Crimea, EU foreign policy, EU-Russia relations, gas imports, germany, russia, sanctions, Ukraine, US |
February 24, 2014
Ukraine’s future is in the balance. It could move closer towards the EU, Russia or both at the same time. It could remain a unified state, split in two or conceivably be invaded by Russia. Here are some of the scenarios which we’ve ranked according t…
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February 19, 2014
Update 13:45 – According to Antonio Delgado, Spanish Public Radio’s EU correspondent, “diplomatic sources” have indicated that the UK, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Bulgaria are all “not keen” on sanctions, although the Italian Foreign Ministry iss…
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catherine ashton, David Lidington, EEAS, EU foreign policy, Francois Hollande, georgia, russia, sanctions, steinmeier, Ukraine |
September 3, 2013
Syria will not see a rerun of the Anglo-French Cooperation we saw in LibyaCommenting on Conservative Home’s special jury on the events in Syria Open Europe’s Christopher Howarth argues that Anglo-French co-operation on defence and foreign pol…
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anglo-french cooperation, EU defence policy, EU foreign policy, military action, Syria |
August 28, 2013
As we noted in our previous blog post, Syria has again shown that the EU holds almost as many foreign policy positions as there are states – though we should also remember that this is an extremely complex and senstitive situation.However, as we also n…
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denmark, EU foreign policy, France, nato, Syria, UK;, UN resolution, United Nations |
Plenty to ponder over SyriaFollowing the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Assad’s regime in Syria, the stakes have been raised. But as the calls for international military intervention grows louder, how have Europe’s various players been lini…
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catherine ashton, EEAS, EU foreign policy, eu military cooperation, France, germany, Merkel, russia, Syria, UK; |
Europe’s next foreign minister?With the current Commission term due to expire next year speculation is already turning to who will replace the current crop – especially the ‘top jobs’ of Commission President (or will Barroso go for a Roosevelt-es…
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catherine ashton, EU defence policy, eu foreign minister, EU foreign policy, Poland, Sikorski |
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