JRL NEWSWATCH: “Berlin and Paris propose reset for EU relations with Moscow” – Financial Times

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“Surprise initiative follows Biden summit with Putin but catches allies unawares.”

“… in the wake of … Biden’s Geneva summit with … Putin[,] [d]iplomats said Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, wanted the EU to consider inviting the Russian president to a summit with EU leaders, and that the initiative was supported by French president Emmanuel Macron. … The proposed new outreach to Moscow is likely to alarm some EU member countries, such as the Baltic states and Poland, which neighbour Russia and want to take a tougher line with the Kremlin. …”

Click here for: “Berlin and Paris propose reset for EU relations with Moscow; Surprise initiative follows Biden summit with Putin but catches allies unawares” – Financial Times/ Sam Fleming, Valentina Pop, Mehreen Khan, Michael Peel, Henry Foy, Victor Mallet

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