No breakthrough decisions were taken at the 13th EU-Ukraine summit held in Kiev last Friday (4 December). Although Ukraine's president Viktor Yushchenko had said during the year he hoped the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement would be signed during the summit, it was clear early on that these hopes were unrealistic.
The hopes of a signature were complicated by the EU position that the association deal will only be signed with a free trade area chapter. Negotiators say free trade area dis...
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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.