The real issue is EU gas dependency. This crisis forces European countries to implement internal solidarity mechanisms and establish a joint energy strategy.
Media mentions – Wider Europe
Russians have been investing in Turkey’s key infrastructure. They are building Turkey’s first nuclear reactor.
Gustav Gressel and Rafael Loss comment on Germany’s Russia policy
The interdependence of European states also makes them extremely vulnerable to “the fact that geopolitical rivals use this interdependence at our expense”
I think he is adopting a kind of tactic: two steps forward and one step back. Hence, it will be very difficult for Europeans to clearly establish a red line.
European citizens would consider a Russian invasion of Ukraine not merely as an attack towards a neighboring country but as an attack to the European security order
Mark Leonard and Ivan Krastev comments on the European perception of Russia-Ukraine crisis according to the results of ECFR latest survey are quoted by Domani
The Russia-Ukraine crisis could well turn out to be a watershed in the way Europeans think about their security
Europeans no longer view war as unthinkable or themselves as spectators in a possible conflict as Ivan Krastev and Mark Leonard write in their op-ed
The train towards war is very close to the finish line