European Union leaders are expected to discuss tense relations with Russia during a summit starting on December 18 in Brussels. No new sanctions are expected to be decided at the two-day summit, as the EU "is not in a hardening mindset," one diplomat told AFP news agency. Another said, "We don't want to provoke Putin too much."
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French President Francois Hollande (L) talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel during the second day of the European Union Summit at the EU Headquarters in Brussels, on Oct. 24.
