Putin pointed to the pulverization of political elites in Europe
In Europe, political elites have been pulverized, and now they are trying to fight their competitors with the help of bans. Russian President Vladimir Putin said this in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on February 2.
"In Europe there were outstanding political world figures, such as [French presidents Charles] De Gaulle, [Francois] Mitterrand, [Jacques] Chirac, in Germany - [chancellors] Willy Brandt, [Helmut] Kohl and [Gerhard] Schroeder. These were people who had their own opinion and the courage to fight for that opinion, to express it, to talk about it, and to try to realize it in practical work. Today there are practically no such people there," the Russian leader said.
He pointed out that some politicians do not have a suitable education, and they are clearly engaged in the wrong business.
"From the point of view of the interests of the citizens of European countries - this is some kind of trouble. The minnows are just political. From here all sorts of alternatives appear. Then, in order to fight these alternatives, they try to resort to a ban, as if they do not realize: if they ban it today, tomorrow another alternative with a different name will appear. If society needs to promote a certain political idea, there is no way out," Putin emphasized.
The head of state also drew attention to the fact that between the European political elites and the newly elected U.S. President Donald Trump there is "fiddling". And although some politicians in Europe do not like the American leader, they will still "stand at the feet of the master and wag their tails."
Earlier, on January 26, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that Europe should expect problems after Trump's return to the White House. He explained that he was referring to the U.S. president's demand for European countries to increase their defense spending. Lukashenko predicted a hard fate for the EU countries.
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