Russia should join EU, Berlusconi says

[sullivan]

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (Brussels)

Russia should be allowed to join the European Union in the coming years, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Wednesday.

'I consider Russia to be a Western nation. So my project is that the Russian Federation should become a member of the EU in the coming years,' Berlusconi told Italian reporters on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels.

Berlusconi's comments on Russia's EU aspirations were not new, but they nevertheless raised eyebrows in Brussels.

EU-Russian relations have sunk to a low since the August conflict in Georgia, and EU leaders have decided to freeze talks on a new cooperation agreement with Moscow.

Asked whether the time had come for the EU to normalize its relations with Moscow, Berlusconi said: 'I would go beyond that.'

Berlusconi has frequently touted his close friendship with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, and Putin's two daughters have been spotted in the past spending their summer holidays at Berlusconi's villa in Sardinia.

[mobes]

Berlusconi deserves a kick in the nuts. That guy sold out Italy's government to the EU.

[TarasBulba]

They need another country to loot to keep the system afloat. Russia won't buy into the trap.

[sullivan]

Berlusconi deserves a kick in the nuts. That guy sold out Italy's government to the EU.

That was done a long time ago back when the Treaty of Rome was penned.

Berlusconi has one priority. Himself. He sees Russian membership of the EU as being personally beneficial. I wouldn't be against the idea. Anything that counteracts the influence the Germans and the French is a good thing, in my opinion.  The chances of it happening are less than those of Blossom Goodchild's Federation of Shite spaceship finally turning up. The sheer size of Russia would put it firmly in the driving seat, and the zionist puppets in Berlin, Paris and London won't have that.