Europe makes one step towards Russia, away from USA 

Elections to the governing bodies of the EU finished, and it was the word of German Chancellor Angela Merkel that played the crucial role in the elections.

After the discussion of the Ukrainian crisis, the leaders of 28 countries proceeded to the elections of the administrative board. The appointment of Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Federica Mogerini as the new EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security appears to be an important move.

Federica Mogerini, 41, is a diplomat with 20 years of experience, first as a political scientist, then a curator of peace settlement in the Middle East, Iraq and Afghanistan. In her interview for the Carrera de la Sera, she said that Europe faces two challenges – escalation of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and the return of foreign fighters to Europe from the Middle East.”

The position of the President of the European Council – the highest political body of the EU – will now belong to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He is a historian by education, an activist of Solidarity. Again, CP is a part of the bloc of right-centrist people’s parties of the European Parliament, along with CDU/CSU of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

As for Federico Mogerini, the Russian expert believes that she has established herself as a supporter of more balanced politics of the EU in relation to Russia. In particular, Mogerini has repeatedly condemned unilateral anti-Russian sanctions, emphasizing the need for Brussels to negotiate with Moscow and not to make economic cooperation, including in the energy sector, dependent on political differences.

At the most recent EU summit, Poroshenko and Obama failed to put pressure on Europe, and now they will try to do it again at the NATO summit, on September 3-4 in Wales.

 

Source: pravda

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