Tired of the endless bickering and headaches that the Kremlin has caused in Europe’s backyard and increasingly further afield, Germany and France have called for an EU summit with Russia to settle their differences and get back to work.
Both German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have been making overtures to Russia in the last few years to try to reverse the decaying relations that hit rock bottom following the annexation of the Crimea in 2014 and the start of the current sanctions regime.
