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Diction on a seesaw: a report on the RIAC conference on EU-Russia relations / Part 2

... everyone that business sees the advantages of Eurasian integration. Hardly so the European Union, you might think. But in an air of gentlemanship and diplomacy, both... ... Economic Commission Trade Minister Andrei Slepnev nonetheless predicted bloc to bloc cooperation. In face of Mr Rouček and Ms Dati’s denouncement of historical prejudice... ... his closing remarks that Russia and the EU had taken a step towards each other at the conference. Maybe so; but we need not imagine any plans to be drawn up at an event like...

01.04.2013

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Diction on a seesaw: a report on the RIAC conference on EU-Russia relations / Part 1

... environment' as their basis of reasoning. Whatever the rationale, the desired outcomes are similar: tighter economic cooperation, harmonisation of enterprise legislation, lifting of visa barriers and suchlike. The other sentiment that overshadowed the whole of the conference was one of euro-optimism. Fearing their destructive potential, Mr Barroso vigorously attacked sceptics in his closing ... ... inducer but the victim of a crisis that has, regrettably but reversibly, slowed down the integration process. But, he said, the European Union is more robust than it is 'fashionable' to admit, and will be a lot stronger in twenty years' ...

01.04.2013

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