Of Stelios Kandias
“Europe was once again unprepared, it was dormant despite the warnings of 2008 (Georgia) and 2014 (Crimea),” he said. at the Delphi Economic Forum Evangelos Venizelos, professor of Constitutional Law, former president of PASOK and former minister.
“Putin’s claim that NATO has expanded is not true. It has indeed expanded, but the ‘disputed’ countries Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova are neither members of NATO nor the EU. NATO’s promises of Ukraine and Georgia have never been fulfilled.”
“The West was submissive. We are in an era that resembles the eve of World War II” write down.
He recalled the quote from Winston Churchill: “The government had to choose between war and shame. Choose shame and there will be war.” “Our dilemma is to choose shame and war … There is a danger of being led to war ashamed,” he warned, adding that there is no historical memory in Europe.
According to Evangelos Venizelos, Germany surrendered energy to Russia. Russia’s only window of opportunity is its nuclear equipment, which is neither superpower in value nor economically nor politically. It will have a complementary role compared to China, the US and the EU. Putin did not properly assess the attitude of the West.
Criticizing the European stance, he said: “Soltz and Macron were begging Putin when Biden was warning.” “We have reached an asymmetric war that will not end easily. It has multiple asymmetries. The war in Ukraine is a proxy war Russia – West can not solve this issue Zelensky“.
He also said that only the United States can offer a capable missile umbrella, as Europe’s nuclear arsenal is limited. In this context, he warned of a loss of control of the parliamentary bodies by President Biden. “Can you imagine a coalition of forces with a Trump president or his ideological successor?” he wondered.
According to Mr. Venizelos, orthodox Russia is currently attacking orthodox Ukraine with the blessings of the Moscow Patriarchate. In our country there is pro-Russian atavism, he noted.
Behind the Turkish-eating rhetoric, Putin’s mood
Behind the Turkish-eating rhetoric is a pro-Putin mood, pro-Putin subjugation, said Mr. Venizelos. It is a war of values, we are fighting for liberal democracy at home and abroad. This is being played today.
Greece, stressed Mr. Venizelos, won its place in the West with its blood and thanks to the representative system, leaders were found to serve this purpose.
Nobody is dealing with Cyprus because Greece is not involved but also because Cyprus itself has an absolute strategic gap since the collapse of Crans Montana, said Mr. Venizelos.
The government, he clarified, has made a clear western choice but we have sent symbolic equipment, it is a symbolic act.
Deposits
“There has to be a serious discussion and a deeper understanding between the parties,” he said of the hydrocarbon deposits. “If the deposits are not exploited now, we can plant a flower and forget about it. We need a serious discussion,” said Evangelos Venizelos.
He spoke of half a century of inactivity, but added that neither public opinion nor the political system is ready, the Zurich-London syndrome is haunting us because Konstantinos Karamanlis was severely criticized for these conditions.
“We say we want to go to the international court do we mean that?” we need real non-procedural exploratory commands, we need to reach a co-promising one, the professor noted.
Denying that the Greeks are victims of international relations and institutions, he wondered “is the Greek people an actor of history? Is it a subject of history like the Ukrainian people”. Zelensky writes history, he underlined.
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