George Soros Warns EU Could Implode Over Russia

Billionaire George Soros warned that the European Union could dissolve and unravel if the 28-country bloc fails to agree on a common response to Russia's military aggression in the Ukraine. Soros (84) spoke Tuesday in Düsseldorf, Germany, at a dinner sponsored by Handelsblatt, the German financial newspaper.

"I think the real question is whether the European Union will break up over Russia," Mr. Soros told 400 people at a dinner held at K21-Ständehaus, a Düsseldorf museum, by the German financial publishing group. "The E.U. is under threat from Russia. Here is Russia, not an attractive country. The E.U. is broken, and it is not functioning."

In an interview with Gabor Steingart, the Handelsblatt publisher and the son of a Hungarian emigrant to Germany, Mr. Soros urged Europeans to stand together against Russia, which he said is bent on reasserting its military hegemony over parts of the Continent.

"Wake up Europe," said Mr. Soros, who had just returned from a visit to the Ukraine. "There is now an alternative to the European Union, a different way to run a state through use of force. I'm talking about (Vladimir) Putin's Russia. The reason he is making headway is because of the failure of the E.U."

The full Handelsblatt report can be found here: https://global.handelsblatt.com/

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