EU documents reflect a new realism in attitude to Russia / EU treads carefully in stance on Russia

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Series Details 25.10.07
Publication Date 25/10/2007
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The European Union has backed away from labelling Russia an opponent of western interests but still expects Moscow to pursue tougher foreign and domestic policies before the coming elections, internal EU documents show.

The documents, prepared for EU governments before the EU-Russia summit, Mafra, 26 October 2007, reflect a new realism in the EU's attitude to the Kremlin after the Russophile tendencies of Jacques Chirac, Gerhard Schröder and Silvio Berlusconi, the former French, German and Italian leaders.

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European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/1603: 20th EU-Russia Summit in Mafra http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/07/1603&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Deutsche Welle, 26.10.07: EU-Russia summit produces no major deals http://www.dw-world.de/dw/function/0,2145,12215_cid_2848436,00.html
BBC News, 26.10.07: Putin gives stark missile warning http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7064428.stm
Deutsche Welle, 26.10.07: Relations Set to Be Strained at EU-Russian Summit http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,2847597,00.html

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