Public Opinion, Lobbies and Sanctions
... 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 the relation with the EU began with that. More than a year has ... ... 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