The president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenskihas spoken within the framework of the security conference that is being held in Munich and has asked for the Creation of a European Army. “Our army is only not enough, we need armament, sanctions, financing and European unity, as well as a European army so that the future of the continent depends solely on Europeans,” said the president.
Defends that, “Europe has what you need to do it, just have to join and act” because, “threats” are better fought from a position of strength. “We need to be safe and confident in our strength, without a European army it is not possible,” Zelenski added, who asks that the European contribution to Ukraine is the same as that of the United States.
He has also taken advantage of his intervention to launch a message to the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenthat this Friday was pushing when the EU member states saying that it will propose to activate the “Exhaust clause“, which consists of” substantially increase their defense expenditure “and allows them to deviate from debt and deficit limits.
“This is not just a matter of increasing defense spendingbecause money does not stop the enemy. It is also a matter of people who have to defend their own, “he added, to then emphasize that this does not consist of” accumulating weapons, but also of technological leadership and economic reinforcement. “
Zelenski has also asked that Europe is self -sufficient And he has urged everything necessary to protect “life” occurs “completely” in the continent. “Europe has everything to do it alone,” he stressed.
The president of Ukraine also wanted to send a message to Russia and has affirmed that “They will never accept deals that are done behind“From their country and, much less, without being included in the negotiation tables. A time in which you have also appealed to Donald Trump The United States already for its intention to sit down to negotiate peace in Ukraine with Putin, but without counting on the third country involved in the war. It is for this reason that he has warned the US president to speak with Putin what he wants, but “thatDo not negotiate on Ukraine without us”
He has also openly stated his concern because the president meets in person before with Putin than with him.
Source: Lasexta
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