There is a strong argument for doing just that: Ukraine, which wants to sign a trade deal
and wider association agreement with the European Union at a summit
Nov. 28-29 in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius, has imprisoned
Tymoshenko for political reasons. The EU has set Tymoshenko’s release as
a condition for the deal, whose primary purpose is to instill the
bloc’s standards and values. Why compromise these very values?
Bloomberg: Don’t let Russia bully Ukraine
Europe’s leaders may soon have to choose between a woman and a nation. They should resist the impulse to pick Yulia Tymoshenko over her 46 million fellow Ukrainians.
