Aleksander Kwasniewski led talks with Ukraine for an association agreement with the EU that collapsed last month. In an interview, he criticizes officials in Brussels for underestimating Russia's intentions and the Ukrainian president for ignoring his own people.
Spiegel Online: Kwasniewski says Ukrainian leadership ‘has no strategy’
The European Parliament's two special envoys on Ukraine, Poland's former president Aleksander Kwasniewski (L) and former European Parliament president Pat Cox (R), talk with opposition deputies in Ukraine's parliament in Kiev on November 13, 2013, as they arrived to witness the session. Ukraine's prospects of signing a potentially historic deal with the European Union were dealt a possibly fatal blow today after parliament failed to agree a bill that would allow the release of jailed ex-premier Yulia Tymoshenko. AFP PHOTO / SERGEI SUPINSKY
