11
Mar
2025
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White paper on the future of European defence (debate)
Mr President, Europe is arming, not out of a desire for war, but because an aggressor in the East is killing our neighbours and friends and a former ally in the West is turning away from us. Yes, the eighty-year-old power system is coming to an end, and in the new one we have to take care of our own security. To grow up. It is a historic moment of European independence and unfortunately we are behind. There is talk of hundreds of billions of euros in defence, but concrete plans are lacking. We don't necessarily need more resolutions, and we already know what's in that white paper. We don't even need another summit. What we urgently need now is an investment worthy of a global player with a 15-trillion-dollar economy. We must show authoritarians around the world our true economic strength and ability to act. This is our moment. Well, we have to act now. If we have any time at all, it is the time that Ukrainian defenders buy us with their lives. Let's think about it! Glory to Ukraine and Glory to Europe!