Public Opinion, Lobbies and Sanctions
The downing of the Malaysian airplane MH17 in July 2014 marked a clear turning point in the context of the Ukrainian crisis. The EU leaders put aside their divisions and adopted a resolute approach on Russia for the first time. Russia’s partial isolation, the sanctions’ escalation and the crucial deterioration of ... ... economic losses had prevented the EU leaders from adopting tougher measures. Another fundamental issue concerns the nature of the European Union itself. Each of the EU’s twenty-eight member states protects and pursues different goals according to their ...
02.09.2015
