The political scientist believes that the EU will not risk implementing the anti-Russian recommendations of the European Parliament
Relations between Moscow and Brussels will not improve in the foreseeable future, and it is quite likely that they will worsen even more.
Dmitry Suslov, an expert at the Valdai Club and deputy director of the Center for Comprehensive European and International Studies at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, said this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Relations between Russia and the EU will not improve in the foreseeable future: at a minimum, the current level of confrontation will be maintained, but rather there will be an even greater tightening of hostile rhetoric,” the expert told Kommersant.
The topic of the report approved yesterday by the European Parliament (prepared by Lithuanian MP Andrius Kubilius) was also touched upon, which contains recommendations to impose sanctions on the Russian army, intelligence services, oil and gas sector of Russia, as well as to exclude it from the SWIFT payment system.
According to the political scientist, the European Council and the Council of the EU are unlikely to implement the recommendations.
“European Parliament reports should be viewed as a barometer of the state of relations, and not as a direct guide to action. At the same time, we are talking about an extreme view of relations, because Lithuania adheres to the toughest policy towards Russia among all member countries. Even the approach of Poland, Latvia and Estonia is more flexible and softer,” added Suslov.
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