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Yeltsin puts EU foreign policy to the test : EURO FILE
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The Independent - London
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January 25, 1995
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Russia is shaping up as a test case for EU foreign policy. The
decision not to apply pressure on Moscow over Chechnya taken at the
EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday was a victory for France,
Britain and Germany and a defeat for the European Commission, which
wanted tougher measures. But policy towards Moscow from Brussels is
haphazard and sketchy at the moment.
Russia will be the main focus of a weekend meeting which
ministers plan in March in Carcassonne. Britain and France, among
other states, want a carefully considered, long-term policy put in
place. They are also to consider the deeper questions of how theEU
should use the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) introduced
by ...