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Wizyta Josepa Borrella w Moskwie – logiczny skutek czy zaskakująca porażka polityki Unii Europejskiej wobec Rosji.

Authors :
VEL GRAJEWSKI, PRZEMYSŁAW ŻURAWSKI
Source :
Sprawy Miedzynarodowe / International Affairs; 2021, Vol. 74 Issue 3, p193-236, 44p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

Borrell’s visit to Moscow was a substantial political failure of the EU’s diplomacy still it was not an accident neither a surprise. The EU’ policy towards Russia has been based on illusions and the European wishful thinking since the very beginning of the mutual relations that started in 1991-1993. The Borrell’s visit to Moscow rather showed the nature of the Russian attitude towards the EU than produced it. Russia prefers to act within the “great powers concerto” i.e. to deal with both – the leading EU member states (Germany, France) and the non-EU great powers (uk, usa) and not with the EU institutions and representatives who are not respected neither treated seriously in Moscow. There is a deep division within the EU between the Eastern flank member states whose perception of Russian threat is strong and well founded and the western and southern countries the political interests and priorities are focused on other problems. Russian capacity to corrupt the numerous prominent members of the European political class makes the EU policy vis a vis Russia even less coherent and realistic. The article shows the history of the EU-Russia relations in the last 30 years and proves the fiasco of the Borrell’s visit to Moscow was not just an accident still a logical consequence of the ill based EU policy towards Russia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
Polish
ISSN :
0038853X
Volume :
74
Issue :
3
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Sprawy Miedzynarodowe / International Affairs
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
154571956
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.35757/sm.2021.74.3.13