The EU-Russia partnership: a new context
The EU–Russia summit that took place on June 4 in St Petersburg met expectations for two reasons. Firstly, expectations prior to the summit were low: nobody was under any illusion that the summit would result in a radical breakthrough. Secondly, the biannual EU–Russia summits tend to produce symbolic rather than practical outcomes.ESPO Policy Brief 5, July 2012.
(Photo credit: EU, The Council of the European Union)
(Photo credit: EU, The Council of the European Union)