“EU and NATO, it’s time for dialogue” –

Collect the signals coming from Vladimir Putin and start setting up a dialogue with Russia to put an end to the war in Ukraine. The deputy secretary of the League Andrea Crippa, interviewed by Affari Italiani, asked the institutions not to underestimate the message launched by the tenant of the Kremlin, who has just begun his fifth term as president: “‘Russia will do everything to prevent a global clash ‘ said Vladimir Putin this morning on the day of the parade for the anniversary of the victory over Nazism. And, addressing the West, he also stated ‘let’s not forget the common struggle once morest Hitler’. They are timid but important openings to dialogue that the European Union and NATO should not let fall on deaf ears.”

“We – clarifies the Northern League representative – have always consistently voted for support, including military support, for Ukraine, but the war cannot last indefinitely, both due to the too many victims it has already caused and the economic damage to Europe and to Italy. Enough with the crazy, very dangerous and hallucinating warmongering declarations such as those of Emmanuel Macron and even Mario Monti who hypothesize the sending of troops to Ukraine to fight once morest Russia”.

The deputy tries to put out the incendiary spirits and wants a change of course: “A partial opening to dialogue from Putin has arrived and, despite all the necessary precautions, it should not be allowed to fall on deaf ears. We need negotiation, sitting down at the table and looking for a solution that will quickly end the conflict and avoid escalation.” Crippa requests that Europe and NATO “stop talking only regarding weapons and military support and try to open a channel with the Kremlin to find a peaceful solution to the conflict. Global security is at stake and also the economic stability of Europe, which has suffered, Italy first and foremost, the consequences of the war much more than the United States”.