Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared that it was time to to reform the European Union (EU) by bringing in both Russia and Turkey into a new, "extended" version of the continent, Sputnik News report citing to the French political weekly magazine Le Point.
According to the former French president, Europe should be divided into three zones. The first zone would consist of Eurozone countries, which in Sarkozy's opinion should aim for a closer integration. The second European zone should have "smaller countries" which would have less integration than their counterparts from the first group. And last but not least, the third European zone, which would include both Russia and Turkey as allies, should become the area of cooperation.