European finance ministers will today seek to meet a self-imposed deadline for drawing additional aid to the debt crisis and to form new budget rules as investor confidence that a comprehensive solution is achievable wanes. Photographer: Jock Fistick/Bloomberg EU leaders continued to push Russia to back down from its aggression inside Ukraine, signalling that they were not prepared to ease their sanctions against the Kremlin despite Russia’s mounting economic crisis . After a summit meeting in Brussels, the EU’s national leaders said in a communiqué that they would “stay the course” in their policy towards Russia and said they were “ready to take further steps if necessary” in sanctions on the Kremlin if it did not live up to commitments it has made to de-escalate the conflict. More On […]