Will the EU Take on Putin?

Will the EU Take on Putin?

If the Europeans think that Plan A gives them wiggle room on imposing painful sanctions, they are deluding themselves. It was important that the U.S. administration respond to the latest seizures and declarations of independence in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Lugansk by warning Russia that if it moves into eastern Ukraine "either overtly or covertly," further sanctions will follow. Europe's leaders have been more cautious, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for example, expressing only “concern” about the situation. Putin is escalating, and the EU is failing to respond. Putin is likely to see that as a green light to carry out his Plan A.

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