Russia as a test case

According to Jaroslaw Gizinski, Russia will pose a major challenge to Germany's upcoming EU presidency. Moscow gives the big EU states preferential treatment while it tries to dictate its conditions to the smaller states. Gizinski calls on the EU not to allow Moscow to bring about a divide in the Union. "Moscow has repeatedly insisted on bilateral agreements on several issues or proposed the exclusion of new member states and singled out older members for preferential treatment. It is trying to find out who is willing to step out of line, so that it can make a deal with the stronger members and dictate its conditions to the others. There are many signs that the year 2007 will begin by putting solidarity within the EU to the test. This will be a test not just for the European Union as a whole but also for Germany as holder of the EU presidency and – as Vladimir Putin likes to put it – Russia's 'strategic' partner in the West."

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