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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9418

3 May 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/estonia/russia
Estonia wants EU to take 'strong' measures against Russia and threatens to veto Partnership Agreement

Brussels, 02/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - Tensions in recent days between Estonia and Russia over the removal of the Soviet monument known as the 'Bronze Soldier' in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, took on an EU dimension on Tuesday when the Estonian foreign minister, Urmas Paet, said 'the European Union is under attack, because Russia is attacking Estonia', and called for the EU to take 'strong' measures against Russia, including postponing the 18 May 2007 EU-Russia summit in Samara in...

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