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EU leaders will meet on October 20th and 21st in Brussels to discuss issues related to the migration crisis and TTIP and CETA treaties. In addition, today they are expected to discuss relations with Russia.
On October 10, in Passau a panel discussion about the future of Europe «Menschen in Europa» was held, in which NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, European Council President Donald Tusk and Eu
French President Francois Hollande, speaking to French diplomats said that France, like the rest of Europe, is interested in lifting sanctions against Russia.
After the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico has once again confirmed its position on the abolition of anti-Russian sanctions.
Freedom Party of the Netherlands is working on a project to hold a referendum on the exit from the European Union, this was stated to the media by the party leader Geert Wilders.
Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has refused to support sanctions against Russia. He stated this during a meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden. Nikolic also refused to consider the issue of granting independence to the separatist province of Kosovo.
Belgian Parliament took up a resolution on the abolition of the EU sanctions against Russia. The draft resolution was taken into consideration.
The White House said that the European countries have to contend with difficulties due to the introduction of restrictive measures against Moscow.
The initiators of the vote are calling for the normalization of relations with Russia and the restoration of old commercial and political ties between the countries of the European Community and Moscow. Of the 50 deputies, 33 supported the bill, 17 abstained, and none voted against it.
The region of Lombardy in the north of Italy has become the third Italian region whose local legislature has raised the issue of recognizing Crimea. The resolution also demands that the anti-Russian sanctions be abolished.
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