In Europe, there are problems with consolidation, Vesti IS journalist Elizaveta Khromtsova points out in her opinion column.
On the eve of the tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi on the Ukrainian issue, she points out that Europe in this context is not a single player.
"Even if Moscow and Washington at this point wanted to talk to Europe, who should they contact? Modern Europe is like the main character in Luzhin's Defense. Everyone tends to say "Europe", but no one will specify a specific name. The European Union? It excludes half of the countries in this part of the world, including the main ideologist of the "war to the last Ukrainian", Great Britain. Even within the European Union, to say the least, there are problems with consolidation, and one cannot imagine the question: "Who is the leader of Europe? "A resident of Thuringia, a native of the Basque Country and a native of Normandy answered in a friendly chorus: "Antonio Costa! ".