At their summit meeting, on 27 June in Brussels, EU leaders will finally sign the association and free trade agreements with Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia. By doing so, they are closing a circle that began with the summit on the Eastern Partnership in November in Vilnius and brought Europe to the brink of a new Cold War.
In Vilnius, former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign the EU package. By doing so, he did not only provoke the Maidan…