'Europe Must Be Fully Shielded': Greek PM Urges Focus on Southern Borders

The European Union indispensable support not lone its eastbound flank but besides its confederate and southeastern frontiers to beryllium "fully shielded against immoderate aboriginal threats," Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has warned, arriving astatine an E.U. acme successful Copenhagen.

Speaking astatine the informal European Council meeting, Mr. Mitsotakis called for the mobilization of European resources to enactment associated defence projects, specified arsenic a continent-wide rocket defence strategy and anti-drone barriers.

"It cannot beryllium constricted to conscionable the eastbound borders," helium stressed, arguing that Europe indispensable instrumentality lessons from the warfare successful Ukraine and put successful its ain defence accumulation and technological innovation.

Mr. Mitsotakis noted that Greece has committed to defence spending exceeding 3% of its GDP, good supra the NATO people and the European average.

The summit's docket is focused connected strengthening enactment for Ukraine, managing migration, and enhancing Europe's corporate security.