“It won’t be an easy five years. » On Tuesday, November 12 in Brussels, Kaja Kallas, the new head of European diplomacy, did not hide from the MEPs the difficulty of her future task, which will begin on November 1Ahem December. “I see coalitions of autocrats forming around us and geopolitical upheavals threatening to break out around the world.”warns. In short, for her, “The world is on fire, we must stay united!” ».
Before MEPs, the new high representative of the European Union revealed her priorities for the next five years, marking a certain break with Josep Borrell, her Spanish predecessor. However, this is not about modifying European policy in favor of Ukraine. “Ukraine’s victory is a priority for all of ussaid. The situation on the battlefield is difficult. That is why we must continue working every day and for as long as necessary, with all the necessary military, financial and humanitarian aid. »
“Ukrainians are for peace”
Questioned numerous times by far-right elected officials, accusing her of supporting war to the detriment of the search for peace, Kaja Kallas responded that “I don’t know[ssait] no one who is in favor of war. “I don’t know any Ukrainian who is in favor of war, he is in favor of peace.”said. We still need to know what peace we are talking about, he warned: “We have seen that if we have agreements that bring peace in the short term, they do not last, but on the contrary lead to new wars. »
For her, the war in Ukraine will end “when Russia understands that it has made a mistake, like in Afghanistan, when it withdraws its troops because it understands that it cannot win in Ukraine”. If Donald Trump, elected president of the United States on November 5, promised to resolve the war in Ukraine within twenty-four hours, for exampleme Kallas, “No one knows what President Trump wants to do or what his actions will be.”
For the Estonian leader, who is very Atlanticist, the relationship with the new US administration will, however, be key for a series of international issues. “The European Union and the United States are stronger and safer when we work together”he insisted. During each of his trips to the United States, when he led the Estonian Government (2021-2024), he systematically met with elected Democrats and Republicans and, in particular, was in contact with Donald Trump’s future vice president, JD Vance.
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