“The US umbrella, which we have relied on since the Cold War, may not be open all the time,” he said.
From: Euromaiden Press BY ORYSIA HRUDKA
The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrelll, issued a stark warning on Tuesday, stating that a full-scale war in the whole of Europe is “no longer a fantasy.” In a speech at an economic forum in Brussels, Borrelll emphasized the need for Europeans to find new ways to financially prepare for a potentially wider war on the continent.
“War is certainly looming around us (…), and a high-intensity, conventional war in Europe is no longer a fantasy,” Borrelll said. He added that Russia poses a threat to Europe through its war against Ukraine and hybrid attacks on EU member states.
“It [the war] is not going to start tomorrow, but we cannot deny reality,” he stated, marking his most explicit comments to date on the matter.
Borrelll’s remarks follow recent warnings from several European military chiefs about Russia potentially trying to undermine NATO in the coming decade. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Europeans have reversed decades of defense spending cuts and have begun to enhance their defense industrial production capacity.
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