On Wednesday 18 February, the European Commission presented a plan to make the European regions bordering Russia, Belarus and Ukraine safer, more resilient and more attractive places to live and work (see EUROPE B13694A12). This concerns nine Member States: Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
“The EU has more than 3,500 kilometres of land borders with Russia and Belarus and almost 1,500 kilometres with the Ukraine, plus 600 kilometres...