"We are on a day erstwhile everything can change and I think it will change," said Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Brussels today. The Head of Government spoke to journalists before a peculiar European Council meeting. In addition to leaders of EU countries, Volodymyr Zelenski, Ukrainian leader, participates. "There is no uncertainty that the war in Ukraine, the fresh approach of the U.S. administration to Europe and, above all, Russia's... the arms race poses fresh challenges. Europe must take this arms race and win it," he argued.
We're on a day erstwhile things can change and I think things will change.
“He told journalists Tusk before the start of a peculiar gathering of the European Council, in which the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenski will take part, in addition to the leaders ‘27’. According to the Polish Prime Minister, we are at a turning point where Europe has understood the work that lies with it.
‘There is no more time to lose”
As he stressed, erstwhile he himself spoke about the request to make a defence union, he had more "hope" than the certainty that this would be possible at all.
And I besides said then that there was no more time to lose
“remembered.
We have lost quite a few time as Europe. But present everything has truly changed. I am talking about both the Commission's proposal (European, to mobilise up to EUR 800 billion – PAP) and the determination of all my interlocutors. They confirmed this at meetings in Paris and London
said the Prime Minister.
Everyone is determined to take this challenge
He stressed.
There is no uncertainty that the war in Ukraine, the fresh approach of the U.S. administration to Europe and, above all, the arms race launched by Russia (...) poses fresh challenges. Europe must take this arms race and win it
“The head of the Polish government assessed.
I am convinced that Russia will lose this race, just as the russian Union lost a akin arms race 40 years ago. And this is besides the only way to avoid conflict on a wider scale.
He said.
Opinion on Macron's proposal
The French president Emmanuel Macron's proposal on the anticipation of deterrence by atomic weapons, the Polish Prime Minister considered "as worthy of consideration as possible". He admitted that she was not fresh due to the fact that this thought had already appeared respective times in his own conversations with Macro.
All these proposals must present be well coordinated and the defence capabilities of each European country should become part of this full (EU defence – PAP)
said the Prime Minister.
He argued that Europe as a full is able to win any confrontation – "financial, economic, military" – with Russia.
We're stronger. We just had to start believing it.
“ He appealed.
The Prime Minister besides referred to information about US withdrawal of intelligence support for Ukraine. He expressed the view that these suggestions could only be part of the negotiating strategy and, in fact, assistance would continue. He besides stressed that the EU should work on its own capabilities.
But let's not do anything that might confirm any in Washington (in the belief that America is not needed for this, due to the fact that it is evidently needed
“ He reserved it.
When asked about the Shield East, the Prime Minister reiterated that both this task and, more broadly, the full defence of the east EU-NATO border has become a precedence which "is no longer questioned by anyone".
It besides means resources, infrastructure aid. I will besides be talking, (...) not today, but next day definitely to reconsider the increase in the presence of European, Natovian troops on the border with Russia and Belarus
He announced.
As he pointed out, in order to “really give individual safety guarantees”, first you should be safe.
Therefore, the first thing we should do in Europe is to full safe European borders, especially with Russia and Belarus, (and also) the sea, mainly the Baltic, airspace and cyberspace
“ Tusk mentioned.
Objection from Hungary
The Prime Minister besides acknowledged that he feared Hungary's opposition to further support for Ukraine, but assured that the EU would search solutions, even with the opposition of Budapest.
I don't want to talk about details, but you know from past that the reluctance of 1 country was not able to block our community.
“He added.
The Prime Minister summarized his message on the X platform, where he placed an entry in English.
On the 1 hand Donald Tusk does not discover anything new, on the another hand – it is good that he has taken on more than tense tweets, accusations against the opposition and attacking the president of the United States.
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