The President of the European Council admitted in an interview to the European edition of the Politico newspaper that he was in favor of opening the doors of the European Union to Russian citizens who are conscientious objectors and refuse to participate in the Kremlin’s proclaimed mobilization for the war in Ukraine. Charles Michel defends a framework of “openness to those who don’t want to be instrumentalized” by Vladimir Putin.
“The European Union must welcome those who are in danger because of their political views. If people in Russia are in danger because of their political views, because they have not followed this crazy Kremlin decision to launch this war in Ukraine, we must take into account.” “, to hold responsible.
This position of the President of the European Council has been announced 48 hours before an emergency meeting of ambassadors to the EU, from which a series of proposals for additional measures and sanctions against Russia are awaited.
On Friday, before the United Nations General Assembly, the President of the European Council took advantage of his speech to expose what he described as Russian lies about Ukraine.
Charles Michel assured that the Kremlin is waging a hybrid war that combines gun violence with “the poison of lies”.
In another interview broadcast by the BBC, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, for his part defended the need for a “diplomatic solution” to the war in Ukraine ending the preservation of the “sovereignty” and “territorial integrity” of the country invaded by Russia.
“This is a dangerous moment because the Russian military has been cornered and Putin’s response, by threatening to use nuclear weapons, has been very bad,” Borrell noted.
The EU High Representative pushed for a diplomatic solution. “Otherwise we can end the war, but we will not achieve peace, because we will have another war,” he warned.
Source: DN
