Judy Asks: Is Europe Wobbling Over Sanctions on Russia?

A selection of experts answer a new question from Judy Dempsey each week on a European topic in the news.

In this feature the question is: Is Europe Wobbling Over Sanctions on Russia?

The experts are:

+ Elmar Brok - Chair of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs
+ Piotr Buras - Head of the Warsaw Office of the European Council on Foreign Relations
+ Fraser Cameron - Director of the EU-Russia Centre
+ Knut Fleckenstein - Vice chair of the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament
+ Stefan Meister - Head of the Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia Program at the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia of the German Council on Foreign Relations
+ Amanda Paul - Senior policy analyst at the European Policy Centre
+ Gianni Riotta - Member of the Council on Foreign Relations
+ Ulrich Speck - Senior fellow at the Transatlantic Academy
+ Stephen Szabo - Executive director of the Transatlantic Academy

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU expected to extend Russia economic sanctions http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-expected-to-extend-russia-economic-sanctions/

ESO: Background information: Will the EU prolong economic sanctions against Russia? http://www.europeansources.info/record/will-the-eu-prolong-economic-sanctions-against-russia/

Euro|Topics: Debates, June 2016: How long will Europe's sanctions last? http://www.eurotopics.net/en/161004/how-long-will-europe-s-sanctions-last

Politico, 21.06.16: EU takes first step toward extending Russia sanctions http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-takes-first-step-toward-extending-russia-sanctions/

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