Clear message to #Russia by 🇩🇪 President #Steinmeier following his re-election:
“We are in the midst of the danger of a (…) war in Eastern Europe. Russia bears the responsibility for this.
Russia's troop deployment cannot be misunderstood. It is a threat to #Ukraine 🇺🇦” 1/5
“But the people [in #Ukraine] have a right to live without fear+threat, to self-determination+sovereignty.
No country in the world has the right to destroy that. And we will respond decisively to whoever tries to do so.”
- President #Steinmeier in speech after re-election 2/5
“Fear is growing not only in #Ukraine, but in many countries of Eastern Europe.
That is why we stand by the Estonians, the Latvians & the Lithuanians; we stand together with the Poles, the Slovaks & the Romanians & all our allies: you can rely on us.”
Without them, we Germans would not be living in unity and freedom today. We do not forget that. Without any ambiguity, we profess our commitment to the Alliance.”
- President #Steinmeier in speech following his re-election 4/5
“I can only warn President #Putin: do not underestimate the strength of democracy!”
🇪🇺 Today’s #COREPER II has just started. EU Ambassadors will take important votes on the next #EUbudget. Among them are votes on
🔹the #EUbudget & recovery package,
🔹the conditionality mechanism and
🔹the own resources decision.
‼️ #COREPER update: First decision was on the regulation on the protection of the Union budget (conditionality machanism)
👉 EU Ambassadors confirmed the final compromise text with qualified majority.