Of Stelios Kandias
“I firmly believe that Putin is betting on the destabilization of European states due to the effects of Western sanctions on our own societies, he believes in political destabilization,” Minister of Development and Investment Adonis Georgiadis said at the 7th Delphi Economic Forum.
But I believe, he added, that in the end democracies always win.
As the minister pointed out, the future of Europe must be a federation with a common defense policy and a common foreign policy, while preserving the nation-states.
“Europe now also feels a military threat. I want Germany strong and militarily, it’s worth it, I’m glad that Chancellor Soltz announced € 100 billion in defense spending. The common future of the European peoples is a tighter and more competitive Europe they will take. “Seriously, they will count on it,” he stressed.
According to Adonis Georgiadis, Europe was moving with great naivete towards Russia. “She trusted her energy to the ruthless Putin, she made a mistake somewhere. Putin would not have made the decision to invade Ukraine if Europe had not been dependent on Russian gas. From Crimea (2014), if not Georgia (2008) “Europe should have turned to energy. Putin believed we would do nothing, he did not expect Europe to react so unitedly.”
He clarified, however, that after the massacres in Ukraine “doing business with Russia from now on will be completely unbearable. Europe has some values”.
“Greece would not be in the euro if Merkel’s government had not helped, and thank you for that, I am not ignorant,” Georgiadis told former German Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmeier, who took part in the debate.
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