France is siding with Poland on complaints the European Commission has not done enough to help break Russia's food trade ban, as Finnish PM Matti Vanhanen attempts to salvage next week's EU-Russia summit.
"We have supported Poland on the issue of the [food trade] embargo. We repeated on Wednesday (15 November) that it falls fully within the commission's competence - it's not a bilateral issue," a French diplomat told EUobserver.
"It's not for Russia to decide what the European C...
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Already a member? Login hereAndrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.
Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.