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Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski met with his German counterpart Guido Westervelle in Warsaw yesterday, where both heads of diplomacy warned that Yulia Tymoshenko's seven year prison sentence may not be consistent with the European idea of the rule of law. Westerwelle told journalists that Europe is based on two pillars: democracy and the rule of law. "The judgement against Yulia Tymoshenko leaves doubt as to whether this decision was consistent with the rule of law. The [German] government has criticized the ruling as being a politically motivated verdict," he said. Read more.