Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares has called for the creation of a European army and a "coalition of the willing" to protect the European Union.
"We need a European army. There are intermediate steps on this path that we can easily implement: first, we need to integrate our defense enterprises. And secondly, we need to form a ‘coalition of the willing.’ If we are ready to do this for Ukraine, we must be ready to protect the EU in the same way," he said in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine.
Earlier, European Commissioner Andrius Kubilius proposed that the EU form a 100,000-strong army to replace the US military and create a body responsible for resolving security issues.
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Spain has called for the creation of a European “coalition of the willing” to defend the continent, framing the proposal as a necessary step toward strategic sovereignty amid a historic rift with the US.
ReplyDeleteIn an interview with Der Spiegel published on Tuesday, Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares stated that the EU must forge its own military alliance to ensure its security. “First, we need to integrate our defense industries. And second, we need to form a coalition of the willing. If we are ready to do this for Ukraine, we should be equally ready to defend the EU.”
He warned that the crisis over US President Donald Trump’s push to annex Greenland from Denmark threatens the entire international order, adding that “the alternative is the law of the jungle, the law of the strongest. If that prevails, no country will be safe,” he said.