Tema destacado del Jueves, 26. Junio 2008

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A heated summit in Siberia

The Kosovo question, the US missile defence shield, Abkhazia and a new partnership agreement: the summit meeting between the EU and Russia which starts today in the western Siberian oil town of Khanty-Mansiysk promises some heated discussions. What is Europe's press expecting from the summit?

Helsingin Sanomat - Finlandia

Hiski Haukkala of the Finnish Institute for Foreign Policy expresses the view that Russia and the EU face a difficult round of negotiations for a new partnership agreement. "The European Union has become the subject of smirks in Moscow. ... The general perception of the situation seems to be that the negotiations will be long and hard. ... The main problem between the EU and Russia at the moment appears to be mutual distrust and different ideas about the future. ... The faith in a far-reaching partnership has been lost ... and there is no sign of a new surge to replace it. There is a danger that the relationship could be shattered by political crises and the time factor. ... This is also reflected in the range of topics for a future agreement. They mainly revolve around the security of energy supplies and market access. ... Naturally, these are important issues, but they are not an adequate basis for lifting the relations between Russia and the EU to a new level." (26/06/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Política de la UE, » Energía, » Comercio, » Rusia, » Europa

Süddeutsche Zeitung - Alemania

Fraser Cameron, director of the EU-Russia Centre in Brussels, believes it is indispensable that the EU speak unanimously at the summit. "Until just a short while ago Russia tended to ignore the EU or play down its importance. The state-controlled media often disparaged its differences of opinion and inability to speak with one voice on key topics. However the opinion is slowly gaining ground in Moscow that Russia's security problems do not come from the west, but from the south and the east. Brussels and Moscow are already engaged in a dialogue that covers such various topics as Iran, the Middle East, Afghanistan, terrorism, the proliferation of nuclear weapons and climate change. ... Admittedly, one problem with the EU is that its member states have very different views of Russia. [But] it has ... many things that Russia would like. It has the largest, most attractive single market in the world, which Russia's businesses seek to access. For that reason it is essential that the EU speak with one voice in negotiating with Moscow." (26/06/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Relaciones internacionales, » Ampliación de la UE, » Comercio, » Empresa, » Rusia, » Europa

Postimees - Estonia

The Estonian newspaper calls on participants at the EU-Russia summit to address topics otherwise put on the back burner: "The question of the border treaty between Estonia and Russia is going nowhere because our European partners have not bothered to put the topic on the agenda, even though the summit which begins today would be the ideal occasion. Of course many exciting things are happening in the world and deserve to be discussed. But that cannot mean that other topics must be swept under the carpet. ... The EU member states are incapable of coming up with a common foreign policy because every country follows a different strategy. When did anyone ever point out that the unresolved border issue between Russian and Estonia concerned the entire EU? The Estonian border is also the outer limit of the EU, and the lack of a border treaty is just as much the EU's problem as it is ours." (26/06/2008)

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Más de la revista de prensa sobre el tema » Relaciones internacionales, » Ampliación de la UE, » Política de la UE, » Estonia, » Rusia, » Europa
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