BRUSSELS (BLOOMBERG) - The European Union (EU) has a problem right on its doorstep, and it might just be the excuse it has been waiting for to at last speak up.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BRUSSELS - The European Union has a problem right on its doorstep, and it might just be the excuse it has been waiting for to at last speak up.
Since emerging from a decade of internal crises - from euro-area debt chaos to the United Kingdom becoming the first country to leave the bloc - the EU has found itself caught in a polarised world between the United States and China, and with its old foe Russia still causing trouble. The EU's leadership believes the response to the situation has been too muted, in particular on the role that Russian President Vladimir Putin might play in shoring up Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, according to an EU official in Brussels.Eastern European countries geographically close to Belarus such as Poland and the Baltic states pushed for the call, arranged for noon Brussels time on Wednesday, but Mr Michel needed little persuasion, EU officials said.
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