Ending the War in Ukraine

[Love365]

Russia and Ukraine need seats in European Parliament.

 

[PloverWing]

Let's say that they magically got seats tomorrow. The European Parliament takes a vote on the war, and the vote is almost unanimous (Russia alone dissenting) that Russia needs to leave Ukraine immediately. Now what?

 

[Love365]

Let's say that they magically got seats tomorrow. The European Parliament takes a vote on the war, and the vote is almost unanimous (Russia alone dissenting) that Russia needs to leave Ukraine immediately. Now what?

Debate and deal making.

 

[FireDragon76]

Russia isn't willing to take steps necessary to join the EU.

 

[Love365]

Russia isn't willing to take steps necessary to join the EU.

Russia should have been given automatic seats in 1993.

 

[Arcangl86]

Russia should have been given automatic seats in 1993.

Nobody is given an automatic seat. They all have to apply and qualify.

 

[Love365]

Nobody is given an automatic seat. They all have to apply and qualify.

Leaving out a major European power is silly.

 

[Arcangl86]

Leaving out a major European power is silly.

You know what's sillier? Having different standards for different members.

 

[FireDragon76]

Leaving out a major European power is silly.

Russia isn't a "European power", it's a "Eurasian power", and therefore doesn't have to abide by liberal western values like the rest of Europe... didn't you get the memo?

 

[Love365]

Russia isn't a "European power", it's a "Eurasian power", and therefore doesn't have to abide by liberal western values like the rest of Europe... didn't you get the memo?

Most of Russia’s population is on the European side of Russia.

If Russia joins the European Union they would become more like it over time.

 

[Gregory Thompson]

Russia and Ukraine need seats in European Parliament.

Russia isn't European.

 

[Love365]

Russia is sometimes called the bridge between East and West.

 

[Love365]

We need to hear their voice in European Parliament.

 

[Arcangl86]

We need to hear their voice in European Parliament.

Why? Would Russia only be willing to admit they were in the wrong and announce they are redrawing troops there?

 

[Love365]

Why? Would Russia only be willing to admit they were in the wrong and announce they are redrawing troops there?

They say “The pen is mightier than the sword.”

The pen is the cure for the sword.

Communication stops wars.

 

[Arcangl86]

They say “The pen is mightier than the sword.”

The pen is the cure for the sword.

Communication stops wars.

That's what ambassadors and embassies are for.

 

[Love365]

That's what ambassadors and embassies are for.

For some far away country that might work.

But Eastern Europe and Western Europe live next door to each other.

 

[Arcangl86]

For some far away country that might work.

But Eastern Europe and Western Europe live next door to each other.

So do the US and Canada and Mexico, and we don't need some kind of special mechanism to make sure we don't go to war with each other.

 

[Love365]

So do the US and Canada and Mexico, and we don't need some kind of special mechanism to make sure we don't go to war with each other.

We have a free trade agreement with each other.

We teach Spanish and English in American schools.

 

[Arcangl86]

We have a free trade agreement with each other.

We teach Spanish and English in American schools.

And Ukraine and Russia were parties to several treaties that were unilaterally broken by Russia.