EU flag under the Arc de Triomphe in ParisMADRID, Jan 29 European far right party leaders in joint declaration, adopted following the meeting in Madrid, declared the «ineffectiveness of EU diplomacy» in the situation around Ukraine. The conference of leaders of the European extreme right is being held for the second time, the first meeting was held in December 2021 in Poland.
Talking with Russia on Moscow's terms: Europe does not want to sacrifice itselfThe declaration calls for «working to ensure that the countries of Europe act in solidarity in connection with the threat of external attacks.» «Solidarity, certainty and defense cooperation among European countries is essential in the face of such threats,» Jorge Buxade, MEP from the Spanish VOX party, said in a document read at a press conference. EU». «Each nation must have a strong and united voice to defend the peace, territorial integrity and inviolability of the borders of European countries,» the text says. «We have expressed concern about the situation. But we parties, with the exception of Poland and Hungary, are in opposition to our governments, and we do not have the opportunity to decide on a military response — from Estonia or Spain,» Buksade admitted. All participants in the meeting want the situation «to be resolved as soon as possible,» he added. According to the Spanish politician, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, «will convey the common agreed position» of the party leaders. Orban's working visit to Russia will take place on February 1. The conference in Madrid was attended by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, leader of the French «National Rally» Marine Le Pen, leaders of the extreme right parties of Spain, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands and Romania. At the end of 2021, Russia published draft treaties with the United States and agreements with NATO on security assurances. Moscow, in particular, demands from its Western partners legal guarantees of refusing further eastward expansion of NATO, joining the Ukrainian bloc, and establishing military bases in post-Soviet countries. The proposals also contain a clause on the non-deployment of NATO strike weapons near Russia's borders and the withdrawal of alliance forces in Eastern Europe to the positions of 1997. The United States and NATO on Wednesday handed over to Russia responses to proposals for security guarantees. According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Federation is studying the response of the United States and NATO, and President Vladimir Putin will decide on further steps. provoke a war in UkraineThe plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine in Moscow are categorically denied and constantly declare that they are not threatening anyone, and all such statements are used as an excuse to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, the US and NATO information hysteria over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. In addition, the Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that talking to it in the language of sanctions is counterproductive.
