Diplomatic sources believe that this debate will be left to the EU leaders to resolve at the summit. They stress that the German stance can become either harder or softer depending on the outcome of its federal elections on September 24.
9/21 However, this line is in brackets since both the Netherlands and Germany have voiced reservations about the wording and indicated that they want something less ambitious. The Netherlands was against similar wording ahead of the EU-Ukraine summit in July which prevented the adoption of a final(