German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned this Tuesday in Warsaw that Europe you have to remain on guard in the face of claims imperialists of the Russian president, in addition to strengthen NATO, increase defense spending and create a common arms industry.
“The security situation in Europe won’t get better as long as Putin intends to carry out his imperialist pretensions through force,” Baerbock said in the context of a meeting of foreign ministers from EU countries and the United Kingdom.
“We have to continue strengthening NATO, keep defense spending above 2% of GDP and create a European arms industry in which there are common objectives,” he added.
Baerbock also highlighted the need for maintain support for Ukraine and he said that it was urgent not to give in on that point or allow himself a pause. “Putin is not going to do us the favor of stopping his attacks on Ukrainian schools and hospitals on Christmas Day,” he remarked.
“Putin is not going to do us the favor of stopping his attacks on Ukrainian schools and hospitals on Christmas Day”
And, above all, He denounced in his appearance that Putin seeks to intimidate the West. Berlin will heed warnings from Ukraine’s neighboring countries, he guarantees. “We will not be intimidated”he stated in a challenging message, adding that it’s not the first time that the Kremlin resorts to nuclear threats and does not follow through.
Putin’s approval of the updated nuclear deterrence policy was confirmed by a presidential decree published yesterday. Expands the scenarios that could justify a nuclear attackincluding “aggression against the Russian Federation and its allies by a non-nuclear state supported by a nuclear state” and large-scale non-nuclear attacks, such as drone strikes.
Baerbock accused Russia of take advantage of the fears of the Westbut highlighted the unprecedented unity of Europe in the face of this defensive crisis, the worst since the Second World War. “After February 2022, the federal government said it would not make this mistake again. That is why we are here together, cooperating as Europeans and representing the strongest European countries,” he concluded.
