Schulz: Europe needs to keep open channels for dialogue with Russia – TASS

BERLIN, October 10. /TASS/. Schulz: Europe needs to keep open channels for dialogue with Russia. This was stated by European Parliament President Martin Schulz during a speech at the conference from the cycle “People of Europe”, organized by the publishing group Passau.

“Russia can not be removed from the world,” he said. According to Schultz, the need for Europe to say that she opposes “the policy of Moscow,” “but to keep open the channels of dialogue.”

the European Union is “extremely bad” situation.

“We can’t deny that the idea of Europe is in crisis,” he said.

Schultz recalled the referendum in the UK, where the people voted to exit the European community. In his opinion, the United Kingdom government “was not prepared for the election results” to the “political dynamics, which proceeded from the people.”

the Creation of a European army is possible in the long term, but “this is not a project for the next two or three years,” said Schultz. “It is absolutely necessary in the long term,” he said. “But it’s unrealistic in the next two to three years,” added Schultz.

As noted, in his turn, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, European military Alliance may not be a competitor to NATO. “Speech should go not about competition, but cooperation, the transatlantic Alliance is extremely important for the EU,” he said. “United European army should not duplicate NATO,” said Stoltenberg.