US flag. Archival photoMOSCOW, April 9The United States thwarted the project to unite Europe and Russia into a confederation, far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour told Point magazine. This is how the French politician answered a question about Europe's mistakes in relation to Moscow. «After the fall of communism, François Mitterrand (21st President of France. — Approx. ed.) proposed a European confederation, which would include Russia. The Americans thwarted this project,» Zemmour explained. The French presidential candidate also recalled about the unsuccessful attempts of the former leader of the country, Jacques Chirac, to integrate Russia into the European framework, for which, in his opinion, Washington is to blame. how US revenge on Russia pushes Europe to suicide «Each time, the United States and some European countries have always preferred the Atlantic alliance, and not the organization of the continent from the Atlantic to the Urals, as Charles de Goll,» the politician concluded. Earlier, Zemmour accused President Emmanuel Macron of scandalous subordination to the United States, who used the services of the American consulting firm McKinsey during the election campaign in 2017 for free. /strong>
Europe strikes a double whammy against Russia. What will come in response?
