Thread by @jseldin

#COVID19 "a stress test for our societies & for the multilateral system" EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy @JosepBorrellF tells #EUDefense

"It reminds us that global problems know no borders & no country can fix them alone"

"Int'l cooperation is essential to tackle new and fast-evolving security threats. The transatlantic community must be a central pillar in this effort and be ready to defend its values and interests" per @JosepBorrellF

"We share core values which are the bedrock of our cooperation" per @JosepBorrellF

"We also have disagreements sometimes on critical issues but at the end the US and the EU are at the same side of the table"

"We have each other's back in the field, from #Afghanistan to #Somalia" per @JosepBorrellF

"The European Union is committed to enhance security & defense cooperation with our transatlantic partners"

"We face an infodemic & we need to turn the battle of narrative into a battle for facts, for truth" per @JosepBorrellF

US, EU cooperation "needs to adapt, to be fit to the challenges of this century" per @JosepBorrellF

"We are aware that our partners around the world expect us to play a bigger role as a provider of global security & we are ready to do so"

"We need to compliment our soft power with a hard power dimension" per @JosepBorrellF, pointing to EU defense initiative, European Defense Fund, other efforts to better burden share

"Let me the stress the fact the European Union-United States partnership has helped to create a more stable, peaceful & prosperous world" per @JosepBorrellF

"Now we are in the face of new threats & actors who seek to undermine our shared prosperity & security" per @JosepBorrellF

"It is more important that ever that we build on the string foundations of the past half century...to protect this legacy"