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Associated Press: EU leaders struggle to find unity over Ukraine agreement

Published Dec. 15, 2016 at 5:23 pm

(L-R) European Parliament President Martin Schulz, European Council President Donald Tusk and Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni speak toghether ahead of a European Union leaders summit at the European Council in Brussels, on Dec. 15, 2016.

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BRUSSELS – European Union leaders are struggling to find a deal with the Netherlands to approve an association agreement with Ukraine.

A deal would allow the EU to show a united front in the face of an increasingly hostile Russia and boost trade and cooperation with an eastern European nation finding it hard to keep out of Moscow’s sphere of influence.