European Parliament urged to strengthen EU military potential to deter

The deputies of the European Parliament presented the draft Relations Report with Russia, which encouraged to strengthen the military potential for the consolidation of Moscow. It is reported by RIA Novosti.

EU, together with NATO and international partners, should hold back Russia to maintain peace and stability in Europe and beyond, including through strengthening its own defensive potential, “it is stated in the document. The European Parliament stressed that the countries of the European Union should put into Moscow to prevent its interference in the internal affairs of the eastern and southern neighbors of the Union.

The authors of the report concluded that the EU should be ready not to recognize the Russian Parliament and to consider the suspension of Russia’s membership in international organizations with parliamentary Assembly, if the upcoming elections to the State Duma recognize dishonest and contradictory principles of democracy.

September 7 reported that the largest fraction of the European Parliament – the European People’s Party (EPP) – invited the European Union to form his own military unit. According to politicians, unification is worth working more coal in the field of defense.

/Media reports.