PUSH and PULL, the double-faced strategy dividing the EU from Russia

... other choices really and it is now negotiating the TTIP from a position of inferiority, as a consequence of effectively shutting many sectors of Europe's economies out of Russian markets, and sustaining the wished-for economic hits cited by Joe Biden. Not to mention that the conditions of the economy in European area were already worrying to begin with, even without the “independent decisions” of the EU authorities, just to re-quote Ms. Mogherini's intervention. Gas at All Costs Another crucial aspect, which the EU is failing to address, concerns its energy policy, considering that no alternatives have been found to the partnership with Russia, especially on the delicate point of natural gas. To be fair, other ...