PM Mitsotakis: ‘The time has come for Europe to mobilise funding for joint European defence

“The clip has travel for Europe to yet mobilise European backing to enactment associated European defence projects, specified arsenic anti-missile extortion oregon the antiaircraft partition against penetration by drones, 1 of the plans that has been projected by the European Commission that are expected to beryllium discussed today,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said connected Wednesday, successful a doorstep connection upon his accomplishment astatine the informal EU Council successful Copenhagen.

The Greek premier curate besides emphasised that immoderate associated European defence task should not beryllium restricted to the eastbound borderline of the continent lone but indispensable look astatine European information arsenic a whole. “Obviously, the southeast and the confederate borders indispensable besides beryllium covered truthful that Europe is protected against immoderate aboriginal threat,” helium said.
In his statement, Mitsotakis said the Council gathering volition beryllium an accidental to sermon important issues for the geostrategic information of Europe. “The ongoing warfare successful Ukraine and the wide planetary geopolitical upheaval create, I would say, a consciousness of large urgency regarding the request for Europe to yet advancement from words to actions regarding its unified European protection,” helium noted.
“Greece is among those countries that person for respective years present supported defence spending astatine a overmuch higher level than the European mean and we volition proceed to bash so, committing funds exceeding 3% of GDP for our defence spending successful the coming years,” Mitsotakis stressed, portion adding that Europe indispensable yet mobilise backing for communal European defence projects and that this indispensable supply afloat sum of each European borders, not conscionable those to the east.

source ANA-MPA