The European Commission President Romano Prodi said that certain countries should not become EU members but their engagement should be limited to an economic partnership. In an interview in La Stampa, Mr Prodi said that Russia, Ukraine and Mediterranean rim countries such as Israel can never become full members of the European Union.
"The question is 'do we stop or don't we stop?'" he said when asked if the borders of the union could one day embrace Russia. "As far as Russia, Ukraine, M...
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