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1st LD: Europe lacks independent foreign policy, partially transfers sovereignty to U.S. -- Putin

Xinhua, December 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday criticized Europe for lack of independent foreign policy, saying it has partially transferred its sovereignty to the United States.

"The problem of Europe is that it does not have its own foreign policy...It has transferred part of its sovereignty to NATO and the United States," Putin said in a documentary aired on the Rossiya 1 television channel. Endi