Fon Derren: We have to take responsibility for self -defense

According to RCO News Agency, Von’s statements showed that the block should strengthen its military capabilities in the wake of increasing tensions with US President Donald Trump.

“The threat of Russia will not disappear, and we know that America’s focus will be increasingly changing to other areas,” Von said in a speech to the European People’s Party congress in Valencia, Spain. Therefore, there is no doubt that peace in Europe requires that we take much more responsibility to defend ourselves. ”

In March, Von unveiled a project to collect € 5 billion ($ 5 billion) for the EU’s “renewal”, as several member states are looking for ways to reduce dependence on US -led security arrangements.

Frederich Merts, the German Chancellor, said in February that Berlin “should be” gradually independent from the United States. ” French President Emmanuel Macron, who has long argued that the European Union can no longer lose its defense to Washington, has expressed a tendency to expand the French nuclear umbrella to cover Germany and other EU members.

Trump has called on NATO members in Europe to have a “fair share” in mass defense. He has also refused to provide security guarantees to Ukraine or send US forces to a possible peace mission. Moscow has warned that the EU military strengthening only exacerbates tensions. Nikolai Patrushav, President Vladimir Putin’s security adviser, accused Western Dice of “establishing his military machine against Russia and delusions with nuclear apocalyptic scenarios”.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in March argued that the European Union was ready to “sacrifice” its economy “only to achieve the ideological goal of defeating Russia”.

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