Countries that Europe is ready to resist are China and the US, not Russia

Europe needs a huge market of Russia and natural resources to resist China and the United States, the two largest economies in the world. This is a quote from the former German Chancellor, quoted by Sputnik, on Saturday, February 2, 2019.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder made such remarks in an interview with German newspaper Spiegel this week. On that occasion, Schroeder explained, "If we (Europeans) want to continue their political and economic lives facing the US and China, we can not do it without the Russian. ... because we need markets and natural resources from this country. "