Kremlin rejects Macron's claim Putin wants to 'dismantle' EU

The Kremlin on Monday rejected claims by French President Emmanuel Macron over the weekend that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin wished to break up the European Union.

In an interview with the Swedish public broadcaster SVT, the French leader said: "I do respect Vladimir Putin...but (his) dream is a dismantling of the European Union."
"It is in our interests that the EU is prosperous and stable. President Putin has made this approach clear on several occasions and there is no plan to change it."