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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9725

26 August 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/georgia
French Presidency convenes exceptional European Council

Brussels, 25/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - Exceptional circumstances call for exceptional measures. Given the crisis in Georgia, the French EU Council Presidency has decided to convene a meeting of the European Council, on the afternoon of Monday 1 September, in Brussels. As stated in the release published by the Elysée on Sunday 24 August, the aim is to finalise the EU's stance when it comes to “assistance to Georgia and its relations with Russia”. The possibility of such a meeting had...