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Russia and Ukraine need seats in European Parliament.
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Debate and deal making.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?
Russia should have been given automatic seats in 1993.Russia isn't willing to take steps necessary to join the EU.
Leaving out a major European power is silly.Nobody is given an automatic seat. They all have to apply and qualify.
Leaving out a major European power is silly.
Most of Russia’s population is on the European side of Russia.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?
Russia isn't European.Russia and Ukraine need seats in European Parliament.
They say “The pen is mightier than the sword.”Why? Would Russia only be willing to admit they were in the wrong and announce they are redrawing troops there?
For some far away country that might work.That's what ambassadors and embassies are for.
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.For some far away country that might work.
But Eastern Europe and Western Europe live next door to each other.
We have a free trade agreement with 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.
And Ukraine and Russia were parties to several treaties that were unilaterally broken by Russia.We have a free trade agreement with each other.
We teach Spanish and English in American schools.