The union's three largest countries are expected to push for the proposal to be watered down when they debate it in the months ahead, the diplomat said.
Demand in Central Europe's four largest countries is growing about 3percentt annually, making the oil sector in the region highly attractive for strategic and portfolio investors.
That is what leaders of the world's largest countries are hoping, even though a number of international economists are skeptical.
In a statement issued this afternoon, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said that relations between the Western Hemisphere's two largest countries were "intense and dynamic" but implied that ties could cool if the dispute continued.
But the bonds between Europe's two largest countries were forged over centuries, as German nobles like Catherine the Great became Russian royalty and German generals led the czar's armies.
Based on the harmonised figures computed by Eurostat, the rate in Germany, the currency zone's largest country, was unchanged, at 7.6%.
Africa's second largest country is now waiting again.
India, the Commonwealth's largest country, is undecided about whether its prime minister, Mahoman Singh, should attend.
Sudan, Africa's largest country, is the scene of two separate but related civil wars.
Africa's largest country is a sometimes fractious mix of 160 million inhabitants divided into 250 ethnicities.
