US shift away from Europe ‘didn’t really start with President Trump,’ says EU’s top diplomat – Europe live
She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adaptEU’s top diplomat Kallas also offered her take on the state of play in Ukraine, less than a month away from the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion by Russia.She said “the problem is that what we are seeing right now is that … there has been a lot of pressure on Ukrainians to make very difficult concessions,” but she warned this risked “blurring the picture, where the problem actually lies.”“If you think of last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as 3 or 4 times.None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.”“I think there will be a discussion among Europeans and should be a discussion about the nuclear deterrent. But it has to be European and inside the logic of Nato.Obviously, we have a Nato strategy, which is very clear that the nuclear is a prime deterrent, but it is not Nordic; it is Nato’s and European.”“It started with, Russia’s war because then a lot of countries saw that, actually, threatening with the nuclear weapon works, you get to walk away with what you want.”“All those countries who have appetite for the neighbours territories are like, OK, we should have a nuclear weapon because then we get what we want. And all those countries who are afraid of their neighbours think that this is the only thing that works, so we should have a nuclear weapon. Continue reading...
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She said that the US shift away from Europe is a “long term” process and the bloc needs to urgently adapt
EU’s top diplomat Kallas also offered her take on the state of play in Ukraine, less than a month away from the fourth anniversary of the full-scale invasion by Russia.
She said “the problem is that what we are seeing right now is that … there has been a lot of pressure on Ukrainians to make very difficult concessions,” but she warned this risked “blurring the picture, where the problem actually lies.”
“If you think of last 100 years, Russia has attacked at least 19 countries, some as many as 3 or 4 times.
None of those countries has ever attacked Russia.”
“I think there will be a discussion among Europeans and should be a discussion about the nuclear deterrent. But it has to be European and inside the logic of Nato.
Obviously, we have a Nato strategy, which is very clear that the nuclear is a prime deterrent, but it is not Nordic; it is Nato’s and European.”
“It started with, Russia’s war because then a lot of countries saw that, actually, threatening with the nuclear weapon works, you get to walk away with what you want.”
“All those countries who have appetite for the neighbours territories are like, OK, we should have a nuclear weapon because then we get what we want.
And all those countries who are afraid of their neighbours think that this is the only thing that works, so we should have a nuclear weapon.
Continue reading...
