The MEP from Austria: punishment against Russia - a big mistake EU
Sanctions against Russia became Europe's big mistake, said the Agency MEP from Austria Harald Vilimski (Harald Vilimsky).
"punishment EU against Russia, in my vision, is a big mistake, which led to great economic losses and prevents building a base for further negotiations with Russia ", - quotes its words Agency. Most strongly the crisis in the agricultural sector, the MEP said.
Vilimski said that Europe is not a global structure and will not be able alone to cope with the crisis should it spread to the entire continent. The way to solve the current issues, the vision, lies in the abolition of sentences and choice of optimal foreign policy of the countries of Europe without the intervention of " third parties ".
Transatlantic trade and investment partnership (TTIP) the EU and the US, where most of the European Union see salvation from the fall, you can benefit only the United States, said Vilimski.
According to the MEP, the majority in the EU believe that North America guarantee the security of European borders of Russia, and at the same time, " Russia under Putin has always been desirable for them the lender and financial partner ".
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. EU countries, USA and Canada in the spring of the past year have introduced against Russia 1st batch of sentences, then it was expanded. In response, Russia in the last month of summer 2014 has imposed retaliatory punishment which has spread to the products of the agricultural sector from the USA, EU, Canada, Australia and Norway.
the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of member countries of the EU on 22 June, has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January 2016. Wednesday, June 24th, was published by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the extension for one year of the retaliatory action of the special economic measures.
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