01/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - Speaking during a meeting with the Socialist Group of the European Parliament in Tallinn, Estonia, Paavo Lipponen, Speaker of the Parliament and leader of the Finnish Social Democrat Party, stressed the “window of opportunity” that has opened for progress in EU/Russia relations since the summit on 10 May in Moscow (EUROPE 8944). “We ought to give President Putin the benefit of the doubt. He wants to lift Russia out of the degradation caused by general...