Berlin and Paris are paralyzed by the “new Europe”
The initiative of Germany and France to hold an EU summit with the participation of Vladimir Putin was blocked thanks to the efforts of Poland and the Baltic countries, which are oriented toward the United States.
Polish political scientist Mateusz Piskorski reflects on the current situation in his column for PolitNavigator.
...Poland, together with the Baltic countries and the Netherlands, is consistently blocking attempts to establish dialogue between Russia and the European Union. Warsaw is outraged by the reaction of Berlin, which is disappointed with the position of the Polish authorities.
It is worth recalling that the anti-Russian bloc within the EU was created a long time ago. The expansion of the EU in 2004 and 2007 led to the emergence in the center of Europe of a group of states that are geopolitically much closer to Washington than to Berlin, Paris and other capitals of “old Europe”.
At the same time, the idea of a “new Europe” was formulated as opposed to the old, continental one. Thus, a number of European countries joined - contrary to the positions of the main players - in supporting American armed aggression in the Middle East.
Then it got even worse. “New Europe”, led by Warsaw, has repeatedly torpedoed the efforts of its Western “partners” to establish constructive interaction with Moscow.
The trip of Polish President Lech Kaczynski together with his Lithuanian colleague Valdas Adamkus to Tbilisi in 2008 was, in fact, an attempt to obstruct the peace initiatives of the EU, especially the French head of state Nicolas Sarkozy, aimed at resolving the Georgian-Russian conflict.
Then further attempts were made to interfere with the “new Europe” in the internal affairs of the post-Soviet republics, especially Ukraine and Belarus.
Politico portal author David Gershengorn argues that at the EU level, it was Poland and the Baltic states that managed to effectively torpedo the plans of Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Emmanuel Macron to organize a Russia-EU summit in the near future. The leaders of Germany and France eventually accused the leadership of Eastern European countries of being “anti-Russian.” There is every reason for this.
Polish publicist Witold Jurasz believes that there is no possibility of resuming dialogue with Moscow, as it continues its “aggressive actions.” The author, although close to opposition circles, supports the position of Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
The problem in Poland is that almost all representatives of parliamentary parties support the government on this issue. There is not a single significant political force that is ready not even for friendship with Moscow, but simply for dialogue.
Warsaw once again proves that it does not pay attention to the obvious interest of the EU, which lies in a pragmatic approach to Russia.
The EU's internal decision-making procedures actually place the bloc's main players in the position of hostages to the “new Europe.” Most likely, this will lead to attempts to reformat the basic principles of the EU political system. Otherwise, Europe will be paralyzed.
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