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Europe wants India more than India seems to care
Brussels has bent over backwards to keep New Delhi warm, but goodwill alone won’t close a trade deal.
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European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (left) and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi before their meeting in New Delhi in February.
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Mihir Sharma
When the leaders of the European Union set out their new strategy to engage India in September, they hoped it would result in a few favourable headlines about the new partnership.
And they did indeed read multiple India-related headlines in the following days – but about its participation in “strategic” military exercises with Russia and Belarus.
