Due to Russian aggression against Ukraine, Europe can no longer perceive the world as a given. She got rid of the illusions of both the possibility of integration with Russia and the presence of constant protection by the United States. This was said by the European Commission President Ursula von der Lyain at a plenary meeting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, March 11.
" We stand before the crisis in European security. But we know that this is the crisis in the conditions of which Europe was always built. So this is the moment (achievement) of the world through force. This is the moment for joint efforts in defense, ”she said.
According to von der Lyain, during the past European Council, the level of consensus around the defense issues among the leaders of the countries was " They realized that they should think and act differently in order to mobilize economic resources to strengthen their own security. And these efforts will need decisiveness and courage over the next weeks and months, because "
" After the Cold War, someone believed that Russia could be integrated into the economic and architecture of Europe. Others hoped that we could certainly rely on American protection. Therefore, we reduced our protection. We reduced more than half our defense expenses from the usual average level above 3.5%. We thought we could use the dividends of the world. But in reality, we only created a security deficit. The time of illusions ended, ”said the head of the EC.
She emphasized that Europe should take great responsibility for its own defense " This requires Europeans of courage to achieve a “surge” in their own defensive abilities due to safety situation.
" There is an urgent need to make up for a deficiency in military supplies for Ukraine and provide Ukraine with strong security guarantees. But this decisive moment concerns not only Ukraine.
We are talking about the whole of Europe and the safety of our entire continent, ”Ursula von der Layen summed up.
Recall, on March 6, all 27 EU member states agreed on the European rearmament plan in 800 billion euros, which was presented by Ursula von der Lyaine.
It also became known that the European Union will allocate an additional 15 billion euros to Ukraine.
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