"EU powers are using Central and Eastern Europe as their colony"

The Czech Republic could have gained more from withdrawing from the European Union rather than remaining within the bloc's ranks, Vladimira Vitova, the chairwoman of the Alliance of National Forces told Sputnik, adding that major EU powers are using Central and Eastern Europe as their 'colony.'

Right from the outset the EU was designed on a principle of inequality with Western European member states exploiting Central and Eastern Europe as their 'colony,' Vladimira Vitova, the chairwoman of the Alliance of National Forces movement, told Sputnik Czech Republic.

"From the very beginning the EU was arranged in such a way that Central and Eastern Europe only serve as a colony for the West and ensure its enrichment," Vitova told Sputnik. "Otherwise, our salaries wouldn't have been 3-4 times lower than, for example, those in Germany (and this is not related to labor...