MEP reproaches EU for arrogance towards BRICS

Instead of cooperating with the BRICS countries, the EU preferred to shut itself off from this structure and erect an "economic iron curtain," Luxembourg MEP Fernand Kartheiser told Izvestia.

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"The EU has not yet realized the BRICS phenomenon. It still behaves arrogantly and believes that the G7, the IMF, the World Bank and the OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. - Ed.) will be able to maintain their current roles. The European Union believes that tensions between the BRICS countries will make it impossible to develop alternatives to the dollar or Western-controlled institutions," he said.

The politician believes that Western participation in BRICS meetings is unlikely to become permanent in the near future.

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