MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. European countries have been taking irrational steps and may in fact be preparing for war, former Austrian Foreign Minister and head of the G.O.R.K.I. center at St. Petersburg State University Karin Kneissl wrote in an opinion piece for Politika (Politics) magazine.

"Will Europe actually go to war, or is this a bluff?... Given the growing irrationality across multiple EU capitals, I would not rule out the possibility that they could decide to start a war," she noted.

According to Kneissl, for numerous politicians, "war has become the new norm and is no longer viewed as the ultimate enforcement tool provided for in the 1945 United Nations Charter."