The EU responds to Putin, on Europe Day, through the voice of the German chancellor, to defend the enlargement of the European space and promises support “for Ukraine as long as it needs it”.
Europe knew that Putin was going to speak on the morning of this Tuesday, Europe Day, and responded on two fronts: Ursula von der Leyen went to Kiev and the German chancellor spoke in Strasbourg. In the European Parliament, Olaf Scholz lashed out at the Russian president: “The future does not belong to the revisionists who dream of national glory or yearn for imperial power. And he recorded the proximity of the danger: “2,200 kilometers away, Putin is parading today with his soldiers, tanks and missiles. let’s not be intimidated for this display of force.”
To respond to Russia, Scholz advocates “courage” for a “geopolitical european union, enlarged Is retired and open to the future. This enlargement of the European bloc must include Kiev, because “a Ukraine European, democratic, prosperous, is the biggest denial of Putin’s policy”. Even before that, defends Scholz, one must also comply somehow”honestother enlargement promises such as the accession of North Macedonia to the European bloc.
The German chancellor recalled, at the beginning of her speech, that the day of victory (May 8) came after an “imperialist madness” in her country, which was resolved on May 9, with the start of the construction of the European project . Because Scholz Putin’s “brutal attack” showed that the “European Union was rarely so cohesive as in this infamous violation of the European order.” And he asked: “We will support Ukraine as long as it needs it.”
The German head of government also defended the common purchase of ammunition for Ukraine, recalling that the European bloc has a “global responsibility“, which includes trying to extend the European dream of peace to the EU’s neighbours. “Our grandparents shot each other., nowadays a war between Member States is unimaginable (…) This is a European dream. May our neighbors from Ukraine not be able to live, ”he lamented.
The German head of government also left a warning, which also goes to Moscow: “In fact, none of us want to go back to the time of pecking order in Europe, when the smallest countries had to submit to the largest”. And he leaves a guarantee: “That past will never return. The past will not win the future.”
Scholz also argued that the European Council can do more in terms of “foreign policy and taxes” and chose the United States as “Europe’s most important ally”. And he reiterated his distrust of China, which has been one of the points of disagreement with Emmanuel Macron, disturbing the Franco-German axis that often sets the pace for the EU.
Observer journalists traveled at the invitation of the European Parliament
Source: Observadora
