The bloc is now responsible for its own defense, its chief diplomat has said<\/p>\n
The EU must strengthen its military capabilities and seek new alliances now that the US no longer considers Europe its primary area of concern, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.
\nSpeaking at the European Defence Agency\u2019s annual conference on Wednesday, Kallas said that \u201cEurope needs to adapt to the new realities,\u201d namely that \u201cEurope is no longer Washington\u2019s primary center of gravity.\u201d\u00a0
\n\u201cThis shift has been ongoing for a while,\u201d she continued, adding that \u201cit is structural, not temporary.\u201d\u00a0
\nThe shift Kallas was referring to was codified by US President Donald Trump in his latest National Security Strategy. The document, which sets out Washington\u2019s military priorities for the near future, accuses the EU of undermining Europe through censorship and mass migration, and calls on Brussels to make peace with Russia and look after its own defense.
\nKallas urged European defense chiefs and industrialists to ramp up arms production, develop new weapons systems, and \u201cact jointly\u201d in military \u201cinvestment, development, procurement, maintenance, [and] training.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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She pointed to the signing of a security agreement with India on Tuesday as an example of the EU \u201cdiversifying\u201d its partnerships, now that it can no longer rely on the US as before.
\n\u201cNo great power in history has ever outsourced its survival and survived,\u201d Kallas declared.
\nLess than a day earlier, the EU approved a total ban on Russian gas imports, further deepening the bloc\u2019s dependence on outsourced American energy for survival. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico labeled the EU\u2019s plan to phase out Russian gas by next November \u201cenergy suicide.\u201d Slovakia and Hungary have both threatened to sue Brussels over the ban.
\nWhile Kallas and Trump both agree on ramping up EU defense spending, Kallas firmly refuses to seek peace with Moscow. During her speech, she said that the bloc\u2019s most pressing priority is to \u201csupport Ukraine with \u20ac60 billion in military aid for 2026 and 2027.\u201d\u00a0
\nTrump\u2019s national security strategy criticized \u201cEuropean officials who hold unrealistic expectations for the war,\u201d adding that \u201ca large European majority wants peace, yet that desire is not translated into policy.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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