:watermark(https://f.pmo.ee//logos/4133/bb989514d16b88b940b51f02e07642d0.png,-2p,-2p,0,18,none)/nginx/o/2024/02/25/15914125t1h7441.jpg "How Europe Must ‘Wake Up’ to Support Ukraine: Borrell Urges Increased Aid and Defense Capabilities")
“To resist is to win,” Borrell said. He stressed that the EU’s “civilian, military, economic and humanitarian aid” to Kyiv exceeds that of the US, but if the EU wants “Ukraine to resist” it “needs to give more help and faster”.
Europe must “wake up”
Europe has realized that it lives in a dangerous world, the head of EU diplomacy emphasized. Now it must “wake up”, take responsibility, increase its defense capabilities and be ready for “any eventuality”.
Joseph Borel added that European countries are not involved in the war in Ukraine and “do not fully understand” what it means for them. “Russia is an undemocratic regime capable of exterminating its opponents, such as Navalny, or eliminating defectors on European soil. Do we want it to appear on Europe’s doorstep and control 36% of the world grain market?”, the head of the European diplomatic services asked rhetorically.
The diplomat said he was frightened by European fears that the US military umbrella over the continent could close if Donald Trump wins the US presidential election. “We are an aging continent in a new world, hence this mix of fear and insecurity,” Borrell said.
2024-02-25 20:57:00
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