Brussels, 09/12/2015 (Agence Europe) - Italy has called for the question of the six-month extension of the economic sanctions against the Russian Federation to be discussed in advance, with a decision supposed to have been made without debate on Wednesday 9 December, by the permanent representatives to the EU (Coreper) (see EUROPE 11448).
According to a European source, Rome wants the extension of the sanctions not to be treated as a “simple point of procedure”, due to the importance of...