Next year, Berlin and Paris will begin to compete to see who can lift anti-Russian sanctions better.
The markets of Germany and France are suffering from anti-Russian sanctions, Kiev political scientist Kost Bondarenko writes in a column for the Apostrophe website.
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The political scientist notes that in the near future the lifting of European sanctions against Russia is quite possible.
“Moreover, next year we will see competition between Germany and France, who will more effectively achieve the lifting of sanctions. Because both the French and German markets are too sensitive to issues of sanctions against Russia. The markets of Germany and France are suffering from sanctions no less than Russia.
Why didn't this happen earlier? 2017 was an election year. And precisely the political force that Merkel relied on is not so sensitive to this problem. Look at the election results - Saxony gave the largest number of votes for the “Alternative” for Germany. And the foundations of the CDU in Western Germany. Therefore, Merkel needed to make some kind of curtsy to her voters,” writes Bondarenko.
English version :: Read in English Next year, Berlin and Paris will begin competing to see who can best lift anti-Russian sanctions.