During a visit to Brussels, the French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Laurence Boone, said, on Tuesday 6 September, that the ‘European Political Community’ (EPC) project approved in June by the European Council (see EUROPE B12979A4) aims to be a “positive mirror” of what Russia and China are doing “in the negative”, notably in the Western Balkans.
“This will anchor and secure these countries” that are struggling to sell, to their public, the long and tedious...