The political scientist called the signs of a political split in the European Union

The European Union (EU) has violated one of the main principles set out in its founding document — to anticipate or avoid events that would lead to the militarization of Europe. Political scientist Vladimir Olenchenko told about this on Monday, February 16.

Earlier, the Berliner Zeitung (BZ) newspaper wrote that the embarrassment that occurred with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference showed the crisis in relations between Paris and Berlin. 360.ru .

Last Sunday, February 15, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz did not notice Macron coming up during a conversation and did not greet him, thereby humiliating him.

According to Olenchenko, the political split in Europe is an objective fact, supported by various events, including the incident on the sidelines of the Munich Conference. The expert believes that this reflects not only the crisis in German-French relations, but also indicates that Europe does not have an idea that would unite it — support for Ukraine in order to harm Russia.

"The idea, as it turned out, was false at the very beginning, but it was very actively used as a unifying one, and now they are at a loss," the political scientist said in a conversation with Lenta.Ru .

Olenchenko recalled that when the European Union was created, it had constituent documents and one of them stated that the EU was created in order to anticipate or avoid some kind of military action and militarization of Europe.

He added that the European Commission (EC), as the main working body, is currently not expressing a common opinion, but is proposing an agenda that is not natural for Europe.

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The Politico newspaper reported on February 13 that an informal meeting of the leaders of the European Union (EU), to which eight countries were not invited, ended in failure due to the lateness of some leaders and the lack of concrete discussions during the negotiations, RT reports. The event was attended by 19 of the 27 EU leaders, and few of those present were able to speak. Life.Ru .

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