Ex-Commission president Barroso talks Putin, Trump, Crimea and EU treaties | Radio Schuman
In an unique interview with Euronews, ex-European Fee president Jose Manuel Barroso talks Putin, Trump, Crimea and why it’s “not prudent” to vary EU treaties.
Crimea has at all times been a “particular case”, however the EU is a lot better ready now if US president-elect Donald Trump withdraws the US from Ukraine, former European Fee President Jose Manuel Barroso informed Euronews in an interview we function on Radio Schuman as we speak.
The previous Portuguese Prime Minister helmed the European Fee for 2 phrases between 2004 to 2014, throughout which era Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU and Russia illegally annexed Crimea from Ukraine.
In an interview with Euronews’ Shona Murray, Barroso made clear that regardless of the backsliding of the rule of legislation in Europe, the EU mustn’t remedy political issues with institutional instruments like treaty change.
Barroso remembers a dialog with Russian President Vladimir Putin, telling him he thought-about Ukraine was an “synthetic nation” created by the CIA and by the European Fee.
Guess how typically Barroso met Putin throughout his mandate – he tells us.
We additionally take an summary of the European Parliament vote as we speak on the deforestation legislation: will MEPs change the deadline for implementation and a few components of content material of the laws because the centre-right is proposing?
On the final a part of the present, we have a look at which well-known nationwide dishes are susceptible to disappearing as a consequence of local weather change.
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