{"id":17019,"date":"2025-08-30T06:11:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17019"},"modified":"2025-08-30T06:11:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T03:11:42","slug":"von-der-leyen-calls-putin-a-predator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=17019","title":{"rendered":"Von der Leyen calls Putin a \u2018predator\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Commission chief has again invoked the \u201cRussian threat\u201d to justify EU militarization<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has escalated her anti-Russia rhetoric, calling President Vladimir Putin a \u201cpredator\u201d<\/em> and reciting NATO\u2019s familiar talking point about a looming Russian threat to justify the EU\u2019s push for accelerated militarization.<\/p>\n

The remarks came on Friday in Riga, where the EC chief appeared alongside Latvian Prime Minister Evika Sili\u0146a at the start of what she described as a tour of the \u201cEU\u2019s frontline states.\u201d<\/em> The route includes Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland \u2013 all bordering Russia or Belarus \u2013 as well as Bulgaria and Romania.<\/p>\n

\u201cPutin is a predator,\u201d<\/em> von der Leyen claimed, accusing his mysterious\u00a0\u201cproxies\u201d<\/em> of targeting European societies \u201cfor years with hybrid attacks, with cyberattacks.\u201d<\/em> She went as far as to accuse Moscow of engaging in the \u201cweaponization of migrants,\u201d<\/em> without providing specifics and omitting the bloc\u2019s own controversial open-door policies, which have fueled internal backlash for\u00a0over a decade.<\/p>\n

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She argued that the alleged Russian threat warranted the EU\u2019s rearmament plan. \u201cSo, as we strengthen Ukraine\u2019s defence, we must also take greater responsibility for our own defence,\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n

In March, von der Leyen floated a plan to raise \u20ac800 billion ($934 billion) through debt and tax incentives to re-arm the EU. The European Council later approved a \u20ac150 billion borrowing mechanism to fund the initiative.<\/p>\n

Moscow has repeatedly condemned what it calls the West\u2019s \u201creckless militarization,\u201d<\/em> while dismissing allegations of any intent to attack NATO or EU states as \u201cnonsense.\u201d<\/em> Russian officials, including President Putin, have accused Western leaders of fearmongering to justify inflated military budgets and cover up economic failures.<\/p>\n

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Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov recently accused the EU of sliding into what he described as a \u201cFourth Reich,\u201d<\/em> saying the bloc had \u201cplunged into a Russophobic frenzy, and its militarization is becoming uncontrolled.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

After US President Donald Trump ruled out any prospect of NATO membership for Kiev, European backers of Ukraine shifted to discussing \u201cArticle 5-like guarantees.\u201d<\/em> Policymakers have also considered sending troops to Ukraine as peacekeepers and creating a buffer zone with Western patrols.<\/p>\n

Russia has rejected the deployment of NATO troops to Ukraine, in any form. Moscow insists that any peace settlement must ensure Ukraine\u2019s demilitarization, denazification, neutral and non-nuclear status, and recognition of the territorial realities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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