Gambling on the revival of a “dialogue” with Russia: this is precisely the cautious position that prevailed in Brussels on 17 November, where the member states' foreign affairs ministers held a lengthy debate that was, according to a diplomatic source, “strategic and lively” on how the EU should shape its relations with Russia, which is accused of having again sent soldiers and arms to Ukraine in order to support separatist rebels.
Advocating a hard line towards Moscow, the Baltic states,…