Over dinner at the European summit on Thursday 21 October, EU heads of state will discuss relations with Russia.
The discussion was requested by Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi in June with the aim, as Donald Tusk’s invitation to the summit explains, to examine long-term, overarching relations with this important neighbour. The summit needs to have the opportunity for a frank, honest and broad debate about EU relations with Russia, not necessarily under pressure from decisions or...