António Costa Wants EU Back Channel to Russia. Friedrich Merz Sabotages It
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Europe is preparing for a scenario where it has to speak directly to Russia even though the war against Ukraine continues. And it has already opened a channel of communication for this. For the first time since 2022, when Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin launched the invasion on a large scale and Europe broke contact with Moscow and intensified sanctions, the Union has taken a significant step. Amid the debate on telephoning Moscow, about when an…
After 16 long years, a summit of EU leaders was held without the alleged "troublemaker" Viktor Orbán. Despite this, there was no unity at the two-day Brussels summit. The deep division was caused by the efforts of the Portuguese head of the European Council António Costa to establish lines of communication with Putin's Russia. Costa defends the surprising decision to open a diplomatic channel with Russia The main opponents were German Chancello…
Finally, a professional diplomat is conducting diplomacy for the EU: President of the Council António Costa is working on a channel of conversation to Russia. Uninformed foreign policymakers criticize him and rely on the "new strength of Ukraine" – among them the Chancellor Louis Berger – not Otto von Bismarck – coined the saying in 1879: "There is never so much lying as before the election, during the war and after the hunt. The war is the moth…
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