‘Ukraine Joining EU Wouldn’t Bring Peace to Europe,’ Claims Former French President Sarkozy

France’s former president Nicolas Sarkozy has warned against adding Kyiv to the European Union, saying such a move would not bring peace to the continent. Speaking to France 5 TV broadcaster on Wednesday, Sarkozy, who is opposed to Ukraine’s accession to the EU and NATO, reiterated calls for a compromise between Moscow and Kyiv, noting that the conflict had already claimed the lives of virtually half a million people, most of whom Ukrainian. “But we continue because in the Boulevard Saint-Germain they are very brave in terms of sending young Ukrainians to die,” he said, referring to the street that…