‘If a peace treaty acceptable for Ukraine and Europe can be agreed, we should be able to re-establish economic relations with Russia. I think that is common sense.’ This is how Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever (Flemish nationalist N-VA) has responded to the criticism levelled at his comments on Russia. ‘People have blown my words out of proportion as if I now want to make up with Russia, but that is definitely not the case.’
‘If a peace treaty acceptable for Ukraine and Europe can be agreed, we should be able to re-establish economic relations with Russia. I think that is common sense.’
This is pathetic and straight out of the alt-right playbook. This article from Monday is perfectly clear:
“What is the point of continuing the war if there is no clear victory in sight?” he asks. The answer is already contained in the question.
‘The official line is that we will keep going until Russia is brought to its knees. But that is only realistic if you have the full support of the United States, and they are not at all in favour of Ukraine. Sometimes I think they are closer to Putin than to Zelensky, the Ukrainian president.’
‘We are not in a position to threaten Putin by sending weapons to Ukraine. Nor can we strangle him economically without US help.’
‘So there is only one option left: to strike a deal,’ concludes De Wever.
Again with his familiar ‘there is no alternative’, just because he’s out of ideas doesn’t mean the alternatives don’t exist.
This is pathetic and straight out of the alt-right playbook. This article from Monday is perfectly clear:
Again with his familiar ‘there is no alternative’, just because he’s out of ideas doesn’t mean the alternatives don’t exist.