13
Mar
2023
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The functioning of the EEAS and a stronger EU in the world (debate)
Mr President, Commissioner, I usually criticise you and believe that this is correct, but in this case I cannot but support your words at the beginning of your presentation. Yes, the Russian aggression has finally led even our sluggish colleagues to reflect on the need for a more organised, more unified common foreign policy of the Member States of the European Union. This, of course, cannot happen with federalization. This, of course, cannot happen with the introduction of majority voting, as this will jeopardise the interests of smaller countries in key sectors and in territories where they are under pressure. Just as most of the Western countries did not listen to us when we warned about the activation of Russian aggression on the eastern flank of the European Union and NATO, similar processes are currently taking place, for example, in the Balkans, where the same threat conducts its hybrid operations on the territories of candidate and candidate countries and directs and pits them against European Union Member States. There should be a single European response to this, not a split action.