Polish farm minister Andrzej Lepper on Monday (20 November) said Warsaw might lift its veto on EU-Russia treaty talks in time for the summit on Friday, but Russia's tough stance and the rigors of EU procedure augur an embarrassing end to the beef and liver dispute.
"The talks will take place. I think that after Thursday Russia will change its position and at least outline a timeframe [for lifting an export ban on Polish meat] and then Poland may change its position," Mr Lepper said, wi...
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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.