The Russian war against Ukraine proved to the European Union that one soft force is not enough. The union should turn into military force, for which European states need to increase defense costs, said the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel before the EU summit in Brussels.
“What we learned on the basis of a conflict in Ukraine, that there is not enough trade, the rule of law, it is not enough to be a strong civilian state, the EU should also be serious military force,” TASS quotes.
He believes that EU countries need to be increased in coordinated mode. According to him, to do “this is not easy”, but “defense is national competence.”