Russia, Brexit and Aleppo loom over year-end EU summit
EU leaders are facing a "minefield" of crises in their final Brussels summit of 2016. Leaders appear split on extending sanctions against Russia, approving a Ukraine deal, responses to Aleppo and Brexit negotiations.
European Union leaders and heads of state gathered in Brussels on Thursday for a one-day summit to discuss what European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has dubbed the bloc's "poly-crisis" - or several interlinking crises. "This time we are dealing with a poly-crisis," Juncker told German public broadcaster ZDF on Wednesday ahead of the summit. "It is burning all over the place - not just in European corners." The EU leaders are set to discuss extending sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine, as well as a contentious deal with the Ukraine which is opposed by the Netherlands. "We are treading on a minefield, there are so many issues on the agenda that still can go wrong," a senior EU official told news agency AFP ahead of the summit. Brexit talks In the evening, 27 EU leaders will hold an informal working dinner without British Prime Minister Theresa May where they will try to present a united front on negotiations for the United Kingdom's departure from the EU. Prior to that meeting, May will join the other leaders to discuss the other contentious issues. "We want that to be as smooth and orderly a process as possible. It is not just in our interests, it is in the interests of Europe as well," she said on Thursday as she arrived at the summit. EU leaders have insisted that there can be no Brexit discussions with the UK until May formally starts the divorce process, slated to last two years. She has said Britain intends on triggering Article 50 by the end of March next year. Split on sanctions extension The bloc is expected on Thursday to renew sanctions against Russia over its actions in eastern Ukraine and the stalled implementation of the Minsk peace deal. Some EU leaders, however, have criticized the extensions, with Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico calling the plan "senseless." The Slovakian leader, whose country currently holds the rotating EU presidency, said that both Russia and Ukraine have been delinquent in fulfilling the peace accord. "Both states still have a lot to do. Our black-and-white view is dangerous and bad," Fico said before parliament in Bratislava on Wednesday. Earlier this week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said they support sanction extensions. Juncker also opposed instating new sanctions against Moscow over its actions in Syria, saying the move would "not influence" Russia. Concerning the current humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and the situation in Syria, Juncker also deflected criticism that the EU should have sent soldiers to intervene, adding that he did not believe "that there are many Europeans who want to die because of Syria." However, Juncker expects European leaders at the summit to examine "all available options" for a humanitarian solution to the deadly conflict. EU-Ukraine deal on thin ice One of the most urgent issues facing EU leaders is a stalled agreement for political and commercial ties between the bloc and Ukraine. Without agreement at this summit, the deal is in danger of falling through. Dutch voters rejected the so-called association agreement with Kyiv at a referendum back in April. As a result of this, the Netherlands is the only EU member state that has not yet ratified the agreement and wants to clarify that the deal does not put Ukraine on the path to EU membership. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said he was "a bit more optimistic" on Thursday that his fellow leaders would back proposed amendments to the deal. "I'm motivated to get this done," Rutte told reporters. "I do this because we are deeply convinced that we cannot risk European unity towards Russia." rs/msh (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
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Aleppo
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Thursday
European Commission
President
Jean-Claude Juncker
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German
public broadcaster
ZDF
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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May
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Britain
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Article 50
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March
Thursday
Russia
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Ukraine
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Minsk
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EU
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Slovakian
Prime Minister
Robert Fico
Robert_Fico
Slovakian
EU
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Russia
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Ukraine
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Wednesday
German
Chancellor
Angela Merkel
Angela_Merkel
French
President
Francois Hollande
François_Hollande
Juncker
Juncker_Commission Jean-Claude_Juncker Juncker
Moscow
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Syria
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Russia
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Aleppo
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Syria
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Juncker
Juncker_Commission Jean-Claude_Juncker Juncker
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Europeans
Syria
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Juncker
Juncker_Commission Jean-Claude_Juncker Juncker
European
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Ukraine
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EU
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Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Dutch
Kyiv
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April
Netherlands
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EU
European_Union Europe List_of_European_records_in_swimming Eu,_Seine-Maritime E.U._(TV_series) European_Hot_100_Singles .eu European_Top_100_Albums Europium International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry United_Left_(Galicia) Experience_Unlimited United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands Esquerra_de_Menorca United_Extremadura Citizenship_of_the_European_Union
Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
EU
European_Union Europe List_of_European_records_in_swimming Eu,_Seine-Maritime E.U._(TV_series) European_Hot_100_Singles .eu European_Top_100_Albums Europium International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry United_Left_(Galicia) Experience_Unlimited United_Left_of_the_Balearic_Islands Esquerra_de_Menorca United_Extremadura Citizenship_of_the_European_Union
Dutch
Prime Minister
Mark Rutte
Mark_Rutte
Thursday
Rutte
Mark_Rutte Rutte,_Tarvisio Rutte_(disambiguation)
European
Russia
Russia Russian_Empire Russia_national_football_team Russia_men's_national_ice_hockey_team Russia_men's_national_junior_ice_hockey_team Tsardom_of_Russia Russia_national_rugby_union_team Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic Russian_Football_Union Russia_women's_national_football_team Russia_national_basketball_team Russia_national_rugby_league_team Russia_Fed_Cup_team Russia_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Russia_national_handball_team Russia_Davis_Cup_team
rs/msh (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
United Kingdom
United_Kingdom
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European Union
European_Union
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Russia
Russia
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Brexit
Brexit
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Aleppo
Aleppo
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Jean-Claude Juncker
Jean-Claude_Juncker
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Theresa May
Theresa_May
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Mark Rutte
Mark_Rutte
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Robert Fico
Robert_Fico
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Brussels
Brussels
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2016
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Ukraine
Ukraine
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe0 type::location
Thursday
topic::none type::time type::value
European Commission
European_Commission
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President
topic::none type::role type::value
German
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
public broadcaster
topic::none type::role type::value
ZDF
ZDF
topic::media type::entity type::media type::organization
Wednesday
topic::none type::time type::value
European
topic::none type::loc-x type::other
Netherlands
Netherlands
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe0 type::location
news agency
topic::none type::role type::value
AFP
Agence_France-Presse
topic::media type::entity type::media type::organization
British
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Prime Minister
topic::none type::role type::value
Article 50
Withdrawal_from_the_European_Union
iptc::11000000 topic::politics type::entity type::misc type::treaty
March
topic::none type::time type::value
Minsk
Minsk
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Slovakian
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Bratislava
Bratislava
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe2 type::location
Chancellor
topic::none type::role type::value
Angela Merkel
Angela_Merkel
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French
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Francois Hollande
François_Hollande
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Moscow
Moscow
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe2 type::location
Syria
Syria
topic::none type::entity type::gpe type::gpe0 type::location
Europeans
topic::none type::loc-x type::other
Dutch
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Kyiv
Kiev
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April
topic::none type::time type::value
rs/msh (AFP, dpa, Reuters)
topic::none type::footer type::other
Germany
France
Belgium
Belarus
Slovakia