Merkel lashes out against Putin for interfering with with EU’s expansion plans

Angela Merkel and Vladimir Putin

The Chancellor of Germany lashed out at the President of Russia for interfering with the European Union’s expansion plans:

December 7, 2014

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia on Sunday of interfering in the domestic affairs of numerous countries that are seeking closer ties to the European Union. …

Moscow has shown its displeasure with Moldova’s pro-European course, confirmed in an election last week in which a pro-Russian candidate was prevented from participating, by banning imports of Moldovan wines, vegetables and meat.

Last month Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a “strategic partnership” agreement with Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, drawing strong criticism from NATO and the EU.

Beyond these moves, Merkel accused Moscow of trying to make countries in the western Balkans economically and politically dependent on Russia in order to gain influence there. http://www.thestar.com.my/News/World/2014/12/07/Merkel-says-Russia-punishing-countries-for-leaning-towards-EU/

December 7, 2014

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has accused Russia of interfering in the affairs of Eastern European countries seeking closer ties with the EU.

In an interview in Die Welt am Sonntag newspaper (in German), Mrs Merkel said Russia was “creating problems” for Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine.

Russia’s violation of “the territorial integrity… of Ukraine must not be allowed to stand”, she added.

Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine have signed trade deals with the EU. …

“Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine are three countries in our eastern neighbourhood that have taken sovereign decisions to sign an association agreement with the EU,” Mrs Merkel told Germany’s Die Welt am Sonntag.

“Russia is creating problems for all three of these countries,” she said, pointing to frozen conflicts in breakaway regions like Trans-Dniester, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as Russian actions in eastern Ukraine.

Last month Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a “strategic partnership” agreement with Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, drawing strong criticism from Nato and the EU.

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In the interview, Mrs Merkel also accused Moscow of trying to make countries in the western Balkans economically and politically dependent on Russia in order to gain influence there. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30366947

Vladimir Putin wants all the nations that were once part of the old Soviet Union to be part of Russia or at least his upcoming Eurasian Union. He also wants Eastern Europe, China, India, Brazil, and as much of the world he can get to form an alliance against the USA.

Angela Merkel wants to expand the European Union and wants it to include territories that were either part of the old Soviet Union as well as the Eastern European nations that were dominated by the old Soviet Union.

The Bible shows that Russia will end up with a similar union to what Vladimir Putin wants (excluding Brazil and some of the eastern European areas).

Yet, the Bible prophesied that a little horn that became the European Union would expand to the south and to the east:

9 And out of one of them came a little horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Glorious Land. 10 And it grew up to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and some of the stars to the ground, and trampled them. 11 He even exalted himself as high as the Prince of the host; and by him the daily sacrifices were taken away, and the place of His sanctuary was cast down. 12 Because of transgression, an army was given over to the horn to oppose the daily sacrifices; and he cast truth down to the ground. He did all this and prospered. (Daniel 8:9-12).

And while the above has had a past fulfillment, this prophecy seems to be dual (compare with Daniel 11:27-39). The European Union has mainly expanded south and east of the Benelux nations Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg)–which is where it initially formed. Now, approximately 500 million people are now under a new, single (though not completed united) government, called the European Union, headquartered in Brussels. Ukraine is mainly east of much of the EU–thus its geography is consistent with being part of the EU. And Moldova and Georgia are south and east, which is also consistent.

Despite whatever Vladimir Putin may want, the power in Europe will further rise up and include a lot of territory–including some of the territory that Russia wants.

Some Protestant prophecy watchers have long felt that there would be a major war between the USA and Russia, because of their misinterpretation of certain passages in Daniel 11 and Ezekiel 38 (see also Dangerous Protestant Prophetic Errors).

The Bible teaches it is a revived power in Europe (watch Can You Prove that the Beast to Come is European?), and not Russia (see Is Russia the King of the North?), who is the King of the North in Daniel 11.

Europe is in the process of expanding, and despite problems (cf. Daniel 2:41-43) and reorganizations (cf. Revelation 17:12-13) it will have, it is prophesied to be the major power on the world scene for a time (cf. Revelation 13, 17, 18).

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