Aaron Korewa: Get real, Europe. Sanctions on Russia must stay in place
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi leave at the end of their press conference following a meeting and a visit at the Expo Milano 2015, the universal exhibition, on June 10, 2015 in Milan.
The EU is poised for another discussion on sanctions against Russia when they expire in July. As usual, there are some countries that are wavering for one reason or another. On April 28, French conservative MP Thierry Mariani secured a majority for a non-binding resolution in the French parliament recommending that the EU's trade limits and other restrictions on Russia be lifted. Only 101 of the 577 French National Assembly's deputies voted, with only fifty-five voting in favor of Mariani's text. This illustrates, though, that support for the appeasement camp exists outside of France's National Front.
