It is time for Europe to break with the policy of "one-way" membership in NATO, to take the initiative into their own hands and to take the first steps towards Russia, writes the French Historian, specialist in the history of modern Russia Jean-Pierre Arrignon in the publication.
The historian recalled the words of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who during his speech at the Valdai forum in 2014, said that the Russian Federation led discussions with the West on issues related to Ukraine's Association with the EU, However, According to the President, " we have not wished to listen and talk no one wanted, we just said: it's not your business, that's all, that's the whole discussion ".
Arrignon believes that Europe should abandon this approach in the spirit of "it's none of your business" regarding the Russian Federation.
"For the resumption of dialogue with Russia, Europe must take the initiative on their own shoulders and take the first steps to end the humiliation generated (phrase)," it's none of your business ". However, first it is necessary to rebuild a United, homogeneous, unified European Union ", - said Arrignon.
review analyst, At the moment the EU is divided into two blocks. 1st of them, " NATO and atlantistsky ", which includes the Baltic countries and Poland, set up anti-Russian. Another block has absorbed France, Italy, Spain and Greece, where the majority of Directors are in favour of the resumption of the dialogue with Moscow.
Germany, a role which, in the opinion of Arrigoni, can be decisive, lost most of the trust from Russia, because it is perceived as a country is closely related to the Baltic countries and with the United States. Historians believe that today's "front door" of Russia in the European Union is France. Arrignon reminded that the head of the French Republic Francois Hollande unexpectedly arrived in the Russian capital to meet with his Russian counterpart after the visit to Kazakhstan in early winter of last year that was considered in the Russian Federation.
"as long as the European Union will not be reconstructed and will not be consistent, there is little chance for a constructive dialogue with Russia
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