ABSTRACT
For centuries Europe has been making an indispensable contribution to world politics, economy, culture and to the development of the entire civilisation. Its world historic role is recognised and respected everywhere. The idea is linked with our domestic, economic and political perestroika which called for new relations above all in that part of the world to which we, the Soviet Union, belong, and with which we have been tied most closely over the centuries. The contacts have been established between the NATO and the Warsaw Pact, between the European Community and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA), not to mention many political and public organisations in both parts of Europe. The Parliamentary Assembly, the Council of Europe and the European Parliament are situated in Strasbourg. If security is the foundation of a common European home, then all-round co-operation is its bearing frame.
