Cold War spy-turned-MEP defends Russia trip

Cold War spy-turned-MEP defends Russia trip

In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Macron in Rome seeking Italy’s support for the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, a German court ruling that asylum-seeker rejections at the border are unlawful, and so much more.

Luxembourg MEP: The EU has isolated itself, not Russia

Fernand Kartheiser has slammed Brussels' confrontational stance on the Ukraine issue, urging renewed diplomacy with Moscow Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser has argued that the EU's confrontational approach to Russia during the Ukraine conflict has led to its own isolation. The lawmaker made the remarks in an interview with RT released on Tuesday while on a trip to Russia that he was forced to fund personally due to the European Parliament's res…