On February 25, the Spanish newspaper El País published an interview with Josep Borrell, the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, entitled "Putin and Trump haven't won yet, but they may win, and the EU must wake up", with the following excerpt from the article:
To the north, the war in Ukraine has been going on for two years. To the east, another war in the Gaza Strip in the Middle East is heading for disaster. To the west, a hurricane is brewing with a possible victory for Donald Trump in the United States. To the south, Europe is also under pressure from a potential migration crisis.
Faced with all these risks on all sides, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, makes an ironic point. He believes that the greatest danger comes from within: "What scares me the most is the fear of Europeans. ”
Borrell said in an interview: "It's a pervasive fear. A pervasive distrust, a vague sense of fear. There is a war going on next door, and there is another war not far away. Given the volatile situation in Africa, there are fears of a possible uncontrolled influx of migrants. Our defense is outsourced to the United States, and Trump may put away our military umbrella; There will be no more cheap energy from Russia; We are losing the Asian market. "We are an aging continent in a young world, so fear and uncertainty are woven together. There are always those who give clear, simple, and wrong answers: extremists. "This time Europe will be crucial," he stressed. ”
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has triggered a geopolitical awakening in the European Union. However, there is a feeling that the Europeans are doing too little. Europe has been slow to make a decision on military assistance, and leaders are dragging their feet because the public** does not want military support either. But Borrell retorted: "The EU has surpassed the United States in civil, military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. ”
Borrell went on to say: "The EU has realized that it is in a dangerous world ......Russians ......Accustomed to enduring difficult circumstances. We must ask ourselves, what can we do? ”
On the other side of the Atlantic, Trump has broken NATO's traditional architecture of deterrence. "We have to take our responsibility to build our defenses and be prepared for any eventuality," Borrell said. Trump hasn't won yet, Putin hasn't won yet, but the EU must wake up. (Compiled by Tian Ce).
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