🇫🇮PM Marin said in a presser at #MSC2023 that Europe’s response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 was inadequate and too slow, Russia should have been isolated already then. Business as usual was a mistake and sanctions by far not hard enough.
Marin continues that we should’ve listened to our Baltic and Polish friends more closely because they had a more realistic assessment of Russia than many other European countries, including Finland.
Going forward, it’s important not to repeat the same mistakes as after 2014.
Going forward, it’s important not to repeat the same mistakes as after 2014.
Marin also says Europe wouldn’t manage on its own and US military capacity is what gives NATO’s article 5 credibility. She also praised the bipartisan support for Ukraine in the US.
According to Marin, military aid to Ukraine is priority topic at all tables at #MSC2023
According to Marin, military aid to Ukraine is priority topic at all tables at #MSC2023
Marin also said she has talked with 🇪🇪PM Kaja Kallas and 🇪🇺 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen about an EU initiative to ramp up production in European arms industry, to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and to replenish own stocks.
It’s good to recognise Europe’s dependence on the US, which has become painfully evident in the respective responses to Russia’s war against Ukraine. But it’s also important to take action to make Europe more resilient.
European strategic autonomy is a very distant aspiration
European strategic autonomy is a very distant aspiration
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