Europe does not wish to see the emergence of U.S. missiles on its territory, but do not dare to argue with Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"Do you think that any of the European countries wants US medium-range missiles to be deployed in Europe? Nobody wants this, but they prefer to keep quiet. Where is their sovereignty?" the head of state asked.
"Apparently, they think that in the final count they are generally interested in such an organization [as NATO], to which they delegated part of their sovereignty," TASS cited Putin as saying.
According to him, the European Parliament takes far more decisions mandatory for all EU members that the Soviet Union’s Supreme Soviet made in its day in relation to the constituent republics of the USSR. "Totally independent countries just do not exist," he stressed.
Commenting on the situation in the Eurasian Economic Union, Putin noted that there were certain supra-national agencies to which the member-countries had delegated part of their powers, thus creating certain inter-dependence.
"We transferred part of our sovereignty and our independence there. We did their consciously, being well aware that this mode of doing business makes us more competitive," the president said.
