According to the Austrian consultant, Europe must plan for Russia after Putin

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The European Union must maintain sanctions against Russia and diversify its energy supplies because Moscow uses energy as a means of blackmail; This Christian arrow, Austrian Adviser, announced to “Eurono” in an exclusive interview.

In a discussion outside the PPE conference in Valencia, Stalker, who leads a tripartite alliance, explained that the European Union should differentiate between Russia and Putin and prepare for the future as soon as President Vladimir Putin is out of power.

“Russia is bypassing Putin,” Stalker said. “Dealing with Putin is very difficult, but Russia will remain there when it is no longer in power. At the present time, we see that Russia is a threat (including Austria) because of its annoying actions and campaigns to get rid of information aimed at Western democracies. Always.”

Stalker continued to say it was too early to talk about the relaxation of economic sanctions against Russia, because, at the present time, there is no major fire in Ukraine. Considering that any peace agreement must respect the conditions of Ukraine.

“At the present time, I do not imagine it, although I will receive it with open arms,” ​​I admitted with regard to possible engineering. “But we should not impose any fire or any peace agreement. It should be Ukraine that determines the conditions for peace. For what I see, Putin does not have any interest at this time now. If a peace agreement is reached, the European Union will decide its position. But in the meantime, the sanctions must remain in effect.”

The consultant also sheds light on the need to reduce dependence on the active European Union with Russia. The European Commission plans to study to completely separate Europe on Russian energy imports.

“We have learned the bad that does not depend much on one resource, especially when the energy becomes a blackmail,” he said. “This is why we are diversifying our energy sources and we are independent of Russian gas. The issue is in accreditation, and now, it is clear that this dependence is not a good policy or a sustainable solution. So we will end it.”

Neutrality without neglecting the re -armament

Stalker has argued that he supports new plans to rearmaize Europe, as security guarantees of the Cold War era faded.

“For a long time, we had an illusion that the war in Europe was something of the past,” he confessed to “Euronews”. “I was born in 1960, after the war. The rubble was rebuilt, and I grew up in the belief that there will be no war in Europe again. Defense systems were designed about this belief. But now we see it was a wrong concept. Therefore, we must redesign the defense to make it better and have more responsibility.”

Austria shares the European Union’s defense to obtain a joint program.

“We are neutral in the military sense, but this does not mean that we do not invest in our defense,” Sticker decided. “On the contrary, we double our defensive expenses by 2 % of GDP. In recent years, we have already increased the budget significantly. Therefore, we invest in our defense in the framework of neutrality.”

However, unlike Sweden or Finland, Austria is not considered binding.

“Adherence to NATO is not a subject of discussion in Austria. First, for our neutrality, and secondly, because we are trying to manage our defensive expenses efficiently,” said Stalker.

“For example, the Sky Shield acquisition is not an initiative for the European Union, but it is European, which includes Switzerland. It allows us to obtain profitable systems and ensure their compatibility, while maintaining leadership and publication decisions in the hands of Austrian.”

Immigrants should leave without rights

When the issue of immigration arises, Foreign Minister Sticker said that the European Union immigration agreement was a great step in the right direction, but he added that Brussels should take immediate measures.

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“It is not a matter of adopting an approach similar to Trump” building the wall “, but we need strong and safe external borders, which are monitored as worthy and that asylum procedures are carried out directly on the borders. This is an essential element. The second element is that the safe third states are returned to immigrants.”

The consultant continued to express that 100 % of immigrants who have no right to stay in Europe should leave.

“We want people who do not have a legal right to stay in Austria or in Europe to leave. Yes, as we heard, only 20 % of those who do not have permission to reside return, not enough.