... is about.”
In the year that marks the 75
th
anniversary of the end of the Great Patriotic War and the Second World War, the European Union and its member states have begun distorting history, including the role of the Soviet Union in the victory over ... ... absolutely impermissible.
As of early November 2020, relations between Russia, Germany and the EU are still based on the “
selective engagement
” principle, with the European participants having no clearly defined strategic approach to the development ...
... importance to the European Union, such as the issue of Kosovo, the Israeli–Palestinian settlement, the civil conflict in Venezuela and the expansion of the European Union itself.
In terms of a specific policy, the most significant strategy of the European Union is the fourth of its five guiding principles – “Selective Engagement with Russia.” On the whole, "selective engagement" appeared to be a reasonably logical approach given the "post-Ukrainian reality." Europe could not conceivably go back to cooperating with Russia the way it had ...
... parties’ legitimate interests. Such irreconcilable stances were bound to turn into conflict sooner or later, which is precisely what happened.
The third relations model emerged after the acute stage of the 2014 Russia-West crisis. Subsequently, the European Union labelled it “selective engagement,” and this wording was included in Federica Mogherini’s “five guiding principles.” The idea was of Europe interacting with Russia where it suited Brussels interests, and opposing Russia where the interests of Moscow and Brussels ...
... sides. So far, the record of accomplishment here is not impressive. The tentative steps that were taken by Paris and Berlin to open a dialogue with Moscow on Syria (at the Istanbul summit of October 2018) have not led to any practical actions. The “selective engagement” between Europe and Russia on Libya has not succeeded either. The European Union and Russia have still not gotten around to coordinating their positions with regard to the Iranian nuclear issue and relations with Iran as a whole. While the stances of the two sides on the settlement of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict ...
