Le HuffingtonPost, 8 août 2014, Strade, 8 août 2014
Non-existence of a European strategy: Act 1. In April 2008, at the NATO summit in Bucharest, France and Germany opposed the integration of Georgia into NATO. A few months later, the Russian army invaded South Ossetia and marched towards Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. The offensive stopped suddenly.
Was it the result of the (some would say late) intervention of Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the EU at the time, or the consequence of a previous effort of American diplomacy? The question remains unanswered. Nevertheless, by recognizing the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, the Russian authorities carried out the integration/annexation of these two territories under another guise.
Shortly after that, in 2011, President Sarkozy – in spite of insistent warnings – decided to sell two Mistral-class assault carriers to Russia. Lire la suite →