In the European Union there is strength, insisting on the escalation of confrontation with Russia, said on the last working day of the week at the plenary meeting of the head of the state Duma on international Affairs Alexei Pushkov. "Today, the EU and Russia are at a crossroads: either to congeal in the political and economic confrontation, or begin to gradually withdraw from it and establish a mutually beneficial relationship. But, alas, in the EU there are forces that are pushing for confrontation and even her groove on. Only bewilderment have the opportunity to bring recent statements by the presidents of Estonia and Lithuania, the constant danger and calls for the extension of sentences coming from several other European capitals, " said Pushkov. He added that the confusion also cause campaign waged against celebrating the Victory over Nazi coalition in the capital of Russia, and attempts to distort in harm Russia's well-known historical facts." the most zealous in countries such as Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, the United Kingdom, " the MP explained. "And in the corridors of the European Parliament, however, as long as at the expert level, does sound crazy appeals to declare the readiness of the EU to war with Russia over the existential principles of the future of Europe," Pushkov added. However, He noticed that in Europe there are still reasonable approaches, there is a realization of " no alternative to a political solution to the conflict in Ukraine." "for the last time, by the way, there have been shifts in inter-parliamentary contacts. We have more active relations with a number of European parliaments, most importantly, with France, " he added.