Over 40 leaders from all over Europe are hosted today in Copenhagen For the 7th meeting of European Political Community (EPC), launched in 2022 to enhance the idea of its common path EU With countries aspiring to become a member, but to date with substantive results in terms of energy, investment or immigration.
“We have to build a strong security architecture together,” the president stressed, on the occasion of the meeting. Commissionrecalling that 29 members of the EPC are NATO’s “allies”.
EU security, disagreements and priorities
Although yesterday’s informal summit in Copenhagen focused on European security, European leaders finally referred the important decisions to accelerate the EU’s defense “shielding” in the European Council in late October. Although everyone agrees on the immediate strengthening of European defense, disputes were recorded yesterday both on priorities, the way defensive projects are funded, and the “compensation loan” in Ukraine.
As a priority, the president of the Commission has set the “Wall vs. Drones”, which is warmly supported by the Baltic countries and Poland, while France prefers a early warning system and a large range of rocket impact, while Berlin proposes to promote programs. Greece and Italy have called for Europe’s southern border not to neglect, through the prioritization of the defensive “shield” of the eastern wing.
The “brake”, in addition, in the pursuit of the president of the Commission to lead Europe’s re -equipment has put several leaders, recalling that defense is national responsibility. For this reason, it was agreed to give a stronger role to ministers of defense, which would now be found more often in Brussels to coordinate common defensive projects, while a “order” was “ordered” to Ursula von der Layen to present the “road map” on October 16.
Although both Germany and France support the proposal for a “loan of compensation” of $ 140 billion in Ukraine, proposed by the Commission through profits from Russia’s “frozen” assets, Belgium again expressed reservations about its legal basis. However, according to diplomatic sources, the issue will be discussed again at the European Council in late October.
The same will be the case with the superlative proposal of the President of the European Council for Coalition in order to open Ukraine’s negotiating funds with the EU, as it “hit” the Hungarian Prime Minister’s vertical refusal yesterday.
Source :Skai
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