In the Munich Security Conference held last weekend, The US launched a strong attention call to European leadersdemanding that they assume a More active paper in the safety of the continent. Also, Washington has started About the situation in Ukrainewithout the participation of European leaders in the negotiating table.
Eerik-Niles Krossmember of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Parliament of Estonia and security expert, He has described the speech about a “European awakening” as a comic cliché.
“Alarms have been playing at least since 2008and Europe, or most of it, has not yet felt the need to get out of bed. Now it turns out that the class has been delayed so much that you don’t have to wait there, “writes Kross in a.
Action Plan for European Security and Peace in Ukraine
From your point of view, Europe must assume a role of leadership in its own safety and in the war in Ukraine. Among the measures proposed for this, the need to develop a European Union Nuclear Weapons Programheaded by France and including Ukraine.
“This could be led by Franceas a state with nuclear weapons. Ukrainewhere nuclear weapons with the pretext of guaranteeing security in 1994, were withdrawn, It should definitely be included“, specifies. Other key measures suggested by Kross are:
- Set the defense expenditure in 3 % of GDP through an EU directive.
- Establish the smandatory military ervicio in all member states.
- Centrally launch a European Defense Industry.
- Create a Common standard for weapons and ammunition systemsavoiding duplication.
- Develop a Own antimisile shield for Europe.
- Quickly boost the Satellite development and intelligence systems.
- Accelerate the adhesion from Ukraine to the EU to occur as soon as possible.
- European representation in key negotiations.
On the other hand, Kross also raises the Need for Europe to take the initiative in peace negotiations in Ukraine. In this sense, it proposes the formation of a Joint negotiating delegation between Europe and Ukraineprovided that kyiv agrees, and underlines the importance of appointing a European representative with a clear mandate to deal with leaders such as Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
For the security expert, the time has come for Europe to go from words to the facts: “The time of the statements is over. Europe or is able to rebuild and establish its own rules of the game, or it is not able to do it”.
