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Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union spoke these words in a debate on the security of Europe in the continental Parliament. The official called for “cutting off” dependence on Russian fuel. Some statements that have been highly controversial in the midst of the energy crisis suffered by the continent and the rise in prices of natural gas and oil.
“The first thing we have to do is cut the umbilical cord that unites our economy with the Russian economy,” Borrell pointed out in the continental hemicycle.
The senior official also ratified that this independence could be achieved “at a macro political level”, but also mentioned the idea that European citizens “lower the heating in their homes”.
The diplomatic chief called for “everyone to make an individual effort to cut gas consumption, just as we cut water consumption when there is a drought and just as when we put on a mask to combat the virus.”
“Europeans need the noise of the bombs at five in the morning a fortnight ago when they fell on Kiev, to wake them up from their sleep of well-being, allowing them to face the challenges that we have not sought, but that the world projects on us. and Ukraine is the first”, he underlined at another point in his speech.
A few words that have sparked controversy among the citizens of several of the countries of the European Union due to the rise in fuel prices as a result of the war in Ukraine and the impossibility that many nations have of “turning down the heating” when for long periods winter periods temperatures drop below 0 degrees centigrade.
The community group has serious doubts about how to replace all Russian gas and oil given the impossibility of generating energy independently for the entire European Union. Options such as Norway or bringing liquefied gas from the United States or Qatar continue to fail to meet demand or raise costs excessively.
“A gas station and a barracks”
Josep Borrell discussed the importance of sanctions against the Kremlin to stifle Moscow’s expansionism.
“Russia today is basically a gas station and a barracks,” the diplomat said. “It is a place where they sell hydrocarbons and with it they feed armed forces willing to intervene where necessary: from the Sahel to the Caucasus, with Syria and now in Ukraine.”
The request for an increase in military spending by Europe was also among the lines discussed by Borrell. According to the head of foreign affairs, in 1975 the continent allocated 4% of military spending and today an average of 1.5%.
For Borrell, the decrease in that budget “in 50 years of peace, could have been justified when the peace dividends were used to increase social security, it is a welfare state,” he emphasized.
“We have organized Europe like a French garden, ordered, regulated, governed by laws and regulations, but outside, the jungle grows, and if we do not want the jungle to invade our garden, we have to invest not only in taking care of it, but in defending it. “, finished the representative.
Macron and Draghi talk about “economic consequences” of the war
This Wednesday, March 9, it was also learned that the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation in which the “economic consequences” for Europe were discussed in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting took place on the eve of the summit of European leaders that will take place in Versailles, France, to discuss a new route for growth and investment, within the framework of economic sanctions against Russia.
First modification:
Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union spoke these words in a debate on the security of Europe in the continental Parliament. The official called for “cutting off” dependence on Russian fuel. Some statements that have been highly controversial in the midst of the energy crisis suffered by the continent and the rise in prices of natural gas and oil.
“The first thing we have to do is cut the umbilical cord that unites our economy with the Russian economy,” Borrell pointed out in the continental hemicycle.
The senior official also ratified that this independence could be achieved “at a macro political level”, but also mentioned the idea that European citizens “lower the heating in their homes”.
The diplomatic chief called for “everyone to make an individual effort to cut gas consumption, just as we cut water consumption when there is a drought and just as when we put on a mask to combat the virus.”
“Europeans need the noise of the bombs at five in the morning a fortnight ago when they fell on Kiev, to wake them up from their sleep of well-being, allowing them to face the challenges that we have not sought, but that the world projects on us. and Ukraine is the first”, he underlined at another point in his speech.
A few words that have sparked controversy among the citizens of several of the countries of the European Union due to the rise in fuel prices as a result of the war in Ukraine and the impossibility that many nations have of “turning down the heating” when for long periods winter periods temperatures drop below 0 degrees centigrade.
The community group has serious doubts about how to replace all Russian gas and oil given the impossibility of generating energy independently for the entire European Union. Options such as Norway or bringing liquefied gas from the United States or Qatar continue to fail to meet demand or raise costs excessively.
“A gas station and a barracks”
Josep Borrell discussed the importance of sanctions against the Kremlin to stifle Moscow’s expansionism.
“Russia today is basically a gas station and a barracks,” the diplomat said. “It is a place where they sell hydrocarbons and with it they feed armed forces willing to intervene where necessary: from the Sahel to the Caucasus, with Syria and now in Ukraine.”
The request for an increase in military spending by Europe was also among the lines discussed by Borrell. According to the head of foreign affairs, in 1975 the continent allocated 4% of military spending and today an average of 1.5%.
For Borrell, the decrease in that budget “in 50 years of peace, could have been justified when the peace dividends were used to increase social security, it is a welfare state,” he emphasized.
“We have organized Europe like a French garden, ordered, regulated, governed by laws and regulations, but outside, the jungle grows, and if we do not want the jungle to invade our garden, we have to invest not only in taking care of it, but in defending it. “, finished the representative.
Macron and Draghi talk about “economic consequences” of the war
This Wednesday, March 9, it was also learned that the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation in which the “economic consequences” for Europe were discussed in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting took place on the eve of the summit of European leaders that will take place in Versailles, France, to discuss a new route for growth and investment, within the framework of economic sanctions against Russia.
First modification:
Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union spoke these words in a debate on the security of Europe in the continental Parliament. The official called for “cutting off” dependence on Russian fuel. Some statements that have been highly controversial in the midst of the energy crisis suffered by the continent and the rise in prices of natural gas and oil.
“The first thing we have to do is cut the umbilical cord that unites our economy with the Russian economy,” Borrell pointed out in the continental hemicycle.
The senior official also ratified that this independence could be achieved “at a macro political level”, but also mentioned the idea that European citizens “lower the heating in their homes”.
The diplomatic chief called for “everyone to make an individual effort to cut gas consumption, just as we cut water consumption when there is a drought and just as when we put on a mask to combat the virus.”
“Europeans need the noise of the bombs at five in the morning a fortnight ago when they fell on Kiev, to wake them up from their sleep of well-being, allowing them to face the challenges that we have not sought, but that the world projects on us. and Ukraine is the first”, he underlined at another point in his speech.
A few words that have sparked controversy among the citizens of several of the countries of the European Union due to the rise in fuel prices as a result of the war in Ukraine and the impossibility that many nations have of “turning down the heating” when for long periods winter periods temperatures drop below 0 degrees centigrade.
The community group has serious doubts about how to replace all Russian gas and oil given the impossibility of generating energy independently for the entire European Union. Options such as Norway or bringing liquefied gas from the United States or Qatar continue to fail to meet demand or raise costs excessively.
“A gas station and a barracks”
Josep Borrell discussed the importance of sanctions against the Kremlin to stifle Moscow’s expansionism.
“Russia today is basically a gas station and a barracks,” the diplomat said. “It is a place where they sell hydrocarbons and with it they feed armed forces willing to intervene where necessary: from the Sahel to the Caucasus, with Syria and now in Ukraine.”
The request for an increase in military spending by Europe was also among the lines discussed by Borrell. According to the head of foreign affairs, in 1975 the continent allocated 4% of military spending and today an average of 1.5%.
For Borrell, the decrease in that budget “in 50 years of peace, could have been justified when the peace dividends were used to increase social security, it is a welfare state,” he emphasized.
“We have organized Europe like a French garden, ordered, regulated, governed by laws and regulations, but outside, the jungle grows, and if we do not want the jungle to invade our garden, we have to invest not only in taking care of it, but in defending it. “, finished the representative.
Macron and Draghi talk about “economic consequences” of the war
This Wednesday, March 9, it was also learned that the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation in which the “economic consequences” for Europe were discussed in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting took place on the eve of the summit of European leaders that will take place in Versailles, France, to discuss a new route for growth and investment, within the framework of economic sanctions against Russia.
First modification:
Josep Borrell, High Representative for Foreign Affairs of the European Union spoke these words in a debate on the security of Europe in the continental Parliament. The official called for “cutting off” dependence on Russian fuel. Some statements that have been highly controversial in the midst of the energy crisis suffered by the continent and the rise in prices of natural gas and oil.
“The first thing we have to do is cut the umbilical cord that unites our economy with the Russian economy,” Borrell pointed out in the continental hemicycle.
The senior official also ratified that this independence could be achieved “at a macro political level”, but also mentioned the idea that European citizens “lower the heating in their homes”.
The diplomatic chief called for “everyone to make an individual effort to cut gas consumption, just as we cut water consumption when there is a drought and just as when we put on a mask to combat the virus.”
“Europeans need the noise of the bombs at five in the morning a fortnight ago when they fell on Kiev, to wake them up from their sleep of well-being, allowing them to face the challenges that we have not sought, but that the world projects on us. and Ukraine is the first”, he underlined at another point in his speech.
A few words that have sparked controversy among the citizens of several of the countries of the European Union due to the rise in fuel prices as a result of the war in Ukraine and the impossibility that many nations have of “turning down the heating” when for long periods winter periods temperatures drop below 0 degrees centigrade.
The community group has serious doubts about how to replace all Russian gas and oil given the impossibility of generating energy independently for the entire European Union. Options such as Norway or bringing liquefied gas from the United States or Qatar continue to fail to meet demand or raise costs excessively.
“A gas station and a barracks”
Josep Borrell discussed the importance of sanctions against the Kremlin to stifle Moscow’s expansionism.
“Russia today is basically a gas station and a barracks,” the diplomat said. “It is a place where they sell hydrocarbons and with it they feed armed forces willing to intervene where necessary: from the Sahel to the Caucasus, with Syria and now in Ukraine.”
The request for an increase in military spending by Europe was also among the lines discussed by Borrell. According to the head of foreign affairs, in 1975 the continent allocated 4% of military spending and today an average of 1.5%.
For Borrell, the decrease in that budget “in 50 years of peace, could have been justified when the peace dividends were used to increase social security, it is a welfare state,” he emphasized.
“We have organized Europe like a French garden, ordered, regulated, governed by laws and regulations, but outside, the jungle grows, and if we do not want the jungle to invade our garden, we have to invest not only in taking care of it, but in defending it. “, finished the representative.
Macron and Draghi talk about “economic consequences” of the war
This Wednesday, March 9, it was also learned that the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, and the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, held a telephone conversation in which the “economic consequences” for Europe were discussed in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
The meeting took place on the eve of the summit of European leaders that will take place in Versailles, France, to discuss a new route for growth and investment, within the framework of economic sanctions against Russia.