Brussels: Europe and the Arabs - Agencies
The statements of a number of senior officials in European Union institutions and member states during the past few hours focused on the course of the current war in Ukraine and its repercussions on all of Europe.
The European Union's foreign policy official, Josep Borrell, warned that the coming months will be decisive in determining the course of the war in Ukraine, calling on Kiev's Western allies to increase their aid.
“The next few months will be decisive,” Borrell said, according to France 24, on Friday, adding that many observers expect a Russian attack this summer, and Ukraine cannot wait for the outcome of the upcoming US elections.
The European official added, during his visit to Washington, that everything that needs to be done for Ukraine must be implemented quickly, warning of the tragic consequences if Russia wins its war against Ukraine.
He pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin's victory in this war will not stop at Ukraine, explaining that this matter will have enormous repercussions on the United States and on the alliance systems built around the United States and Europe.
For his part, French President Manuel Macron promised to do “whatever is necessary” to prevent Russia from winning in Ukraine, because such a scenario would constitute an “existential” threat to Europe.
The French President affirmed that he is ready to use all necessary means so that Russia does not win the war in Ukraine, including sending forces, although he made it clear that he would never initiate a direct confrontation with Moscow. He also stressed that this conflict represents an existential threat to Europe, according to what 20 newspaper said. Spanish Minutos.
Macron said: “If we decide to be weak in the face of someone like Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has no limits, and if we naively tell him that we will not cross this or that limit, that will not be a pursuit of peace, but rather an assumption of defeat.” Macron’s statements were in A television interview focused on the Ukrainian conflict, in which he called on Western powers to prepare to ensure that Russia "never" wins the war.
Although he admitted that he did not rule out sending hypothetical forces without detailing the assumptions that might force him to make that decision, he pointed out that “there may be a reason for the inaccuracy,” as “we lived for two years in a world in which we thought it was impossible to happen.” He added that the war In Ukraine, it poses an “existential threat to Europe and France.”
“Russia cannot and must not win”
Macron stressed that the return of war to Western Europe "is not a fantasy, and it is not far away." He also insisted that "peace does not mean Ukraine's surrender or amputation." Therefore "Russia cannot and should not win the war." He stressed, "We will never resort to attack, and we will never take the initiative" to fight Russia, but we must not "rule out options," because if "Putin wins the war," "we will no longer have security." In Europe, the continent's "credibility" will fall to zero.