Poland, Sweden Try to Revive the EU's Eastern Partnership

The Polish and Swedish foreign ministers visited Ukraine ahead of the Nov. 22 European Union-Ukraine summit. Their visit is tied to the EU's beleaguered Eastern Partnership program, as Warsaw and Stockholm try to convince Kiev that the program will soon be viable. However, there remain two key obstacles to the program — Russia and core European states led by Germany and France — that will limit its ability to counterbalance Russian influence in Eastern European states.