17
Jan
2023
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Implementation of the common foreign and security policy - annual report 2022 - Implementation of the common security and defence policy - annual report 2022 (debate)
Mr President! Faster, faster, full force ahead on the way to a military union has been saying since I came here. As if upgrading would mean more security – on the contrary. Massive rearmament increases the risk of wanting to assert interests militarily. That's what Russia does. Worse still, it has been here since Russia's attack on Ukraine in violation of international law. Since then, more weapons, faster weapons, larger weapons have been said here, the war should be decided on the battlefield. The EU is spending billions on arms supplies to Ukraine. 6,000 soldiers of Ukraine are trained in Germany and Poland, but, colleagues, do not forget: Russia is a nuclear power. How insane are those who play Russian roulette, and nothing else is being done right here. And at the same time, those who are for an end to the war are defamed. No, fellow Members, to be for an end to the war does not mean to be for the regime, but to be reasonable means to warn against a world war.