France and Germany have come out strongly against a ban on all travel to the EU, warning it could play into President Putin’s hands by fueling his anti-Western propaganda. “We warn of extensive restrictions on our visa policy in order to prevent feeding the Russian narrative and causing unintended contractions around the effects of the flag and/or alienating future generations,” said a Franco-German diplomatic document circulated among ministers. Foreign. “We must strategically fight for the ‘hearts and minds’ of the Russian population — at least for the parts that have not yet been completely alienated from the ‘West’.”
