I consiglieri di Putin confermano la strategia gia' impostata: ignorare le minacce della UE. Di Maio scolaretto tirato per le orecchie da tutti.

 

'EU is weak!' Former diplomat turns on Brussels and tells Putin to ignore bloc's threats

VLADIMIR Putin has been told to ignore the European Union completely in favour of direct talks with individual member states by a former diplomat who dismissed the bloc as "weak".

By Ciaran McGrath

PUBLISHED: 14:48, Wed, May 5, 2021 | UPDATED: 18:18, Wed, May 5, 2021

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Sebastien Cochard, a former senior adviser to the European Parliament and G20 Presidencies, was speaking at a time of heightened tensions between the EU and Russia, not least over Ukraine, where large numbers of tanks and troops massed at the borders prompted fears of an imminent invasion. Prior to that, top diplomat Josep Borrell’s ill-fated trip to Moscow dealt a blow to the bloc’s credibility after he was forced to stand by awkwardly which Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed the EU as an “unreliable partner”.

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Mr Cochard said: "The best thing Russia can do is to ignore EU institutions. Ignore the European Commission, Parliament, Council representatives.

“EU institutions are weak and do not represent anyone.”

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The EU’s various institutions wanted "to look like the victims," Mr Cochard added.

Vladimir Putin has been urged to "ignore" the EU (Image: GETTY)

Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Union (Image: GETTY)

Referring to EU sanctions against Russia, he claimed they were a "suicidal game where absolutely everyone loses,” adding: "Our unnatural division serves the United States and China."

He warned: "EU sanctions, which occasionally induce consistently reasonable Russian counter-sanctions, are causing irreversible damage to the economic relationship between EU member states and Russia.

“The EU institutions and some of its member states continuously allow themselves unbearable and unwarranted interference in Russian internal affairs."

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Military vehicles close to Russia's border with Ukraine last month (Image: Marqs)

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Urging Mr Putin to "stop paying attention to the Brussels cacophony”, he said Russia’s President should instead attempt to engage directly with for example the French, German or Italian governments.

He added: "We hope that France will make a reasonable and independent voice heard.

“The relationship with Russia is a major historical and geostrategic issue for all Europeans.