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Focus: The European Union - Dec 15, 2016

By bartolo - Posted on 15 December 2016

Note: I am a believer in the European Union. I think that it is an historical development, a political experiment to be replicated regionally in other parts of the world. Nowadays it is suffering difficulties like any emerging reality but it will ultimately succeed. As the 2016 has been a crisis year for the EU, the 2017 may set a relaunch of the initiative with new elections and changes looming.

EU agrees to extend Russia sanctions until mid-2017 over the turmoil in Ukraine - Reuters

EU fatigue over Russia sanctions shows as Putin reset looms - Bloomberg

Why the EU sanctions against Russia won’t last - Sputnik

Medvedev says EU food embargo remains in response to anti-Russian sanctions - RT Business

Federica Mogherini, top EU diplomat, says bloc is prepared for Trump - WSJ

EU foreign policy chief Mogherini speaks on Trump, Russia, Iran deal, Syria - WSJ

Kremlin: Russia not interested in ‘friendship’ with EU against U.S., In WSJ interview foreign policy chief Mogherini said the EU could 'line up with Russia’ to counter some policies of Trump - TASS

Ukraine will not join EU, Dutch are promised: Association deal not conferring to Ukraine candidate status, guarantees for military or financial assistance, or a right for its citizens work within EU - The Guardian

European Council conclusions on Ukraine, 15 December 2016 - EU Consilium

European Parliament votes for mechanism suspending visa-free travels for third countries, brings Georgia and Ukraine closer to visa-free EU travel - rferl.org

Visa-free regime for Ukraine? 'Another kind of danger Europe will have to face': The inflow of Ukrainian migrants to Europe will be a serious challenge to the European labor market - Sputnik

Kiev continues policy of economic and cultural detachment of Donbass from Ukraine: Russian envoy - TASS