Ursula von der Layen: “The threat of Russia will not disappear – we must do more for our defense”

“The threat of Russia will not disappear” and “we must do more for our defense,” European Commission President Ursula von der Layen from the European People’s Party (EPP) conference in Valencia, Spain, said. At the same time, von der Laien stressed that the US is increasingly shifting to other areas. “Therefore, there is no doubt, Peace in Europe requires a much greater responsibility for our defense,” von der Layen said. She emphasized that within a short period of one year-from last year’s EPP Congress in Bucharest-the EU has achieved a lot in the issue of defense: “up to 800 billion euros in investment”, with the participation of the 27 Member States and with “new defenses with the United Kingdom”. “We have done more about European defense in just one year than in several decades,” admitted von der Laienne, pointing out […]
Source: News Beast

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