EU states are close to a face-saving deal on the Netherlands and Ukraine and have a “consensus” on the roll-over of Russia sanctions, diplomats say.
The Dutch problem is to be discussed by EU leaders at a lunch during Thursday’s (15 December) summit in Brussels.
The Netherlands froze ratification of an EU treaty designed to align Ukraine’s economy with the West after a non-binding referendum against the move in April. <...
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