“The European Union must pursue strategic interests that cannot be reduced to the interests of Washington.

He must raise his head,” he told the Quotidiano Nazionale newspaper.

Conte announced the need for the European Union to take the lead in resolving the Ukrainian conflict.

He added that he did not consider new deliveries of weapons to Ukraine correct.

According to Conte, it is necessary to make a turn towards the negotiation process, and not further escalation of the conflict.

Earlier, the Global Times wrote that the United States seeks to benefit from the Ukrainian crisis in all respects, in particular by weakening European countries. 

According to Senator Alexei Pushkov, the United States is deliberately harming the EU economy in order to gain political control over Brussels.