Borrell calls for "less applause and more media" for Ukraine

MADRID, 19 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, has asked this Sunday for "less applause and more media" for Ukraine during his speech at the Munich Security Conference.

"Zelenski and the Ukrainians have a lot of applause, but they don't have ammunition (...). That is the paradox. There has to be less applause and better supplies of weapons," Borrell said.

The head of EU Diplomacy has thus defended that "we move from words to deeds" and has highlighted the urgency of this need. "Member States have to quickly provide the ammunition necessary to replenish stocks", while in the medium term the capacity of our defense industry must be improved.

Borrell stressed that "this war is taking place on European soil. It affects us" as the European Union. The block has "three main challenges: its credibility as a global player, its strategic responsibility as a security and defense provider and its commitment to our partners around the world", he has listed.

For Borrell, the EU has reached "adulthood". "We are becoming a credible actor and capable of using coercion. We are becoming a hard power," he stressed, while recalling the 3.6 million euros provided in military aid to Ukraine through a fund intergovernmental outside the budget of the European Commission.

He has also stressed that the sanctions "are working", but "we have to do much more". "We have to speed up our military support for Ukraine", he stressed.

Borrell has referred to the influence of the Russian narrative in the global South and has warned that it is an imperialist, neocolonial power that aspires to implant its criteria in these countries. He has also recognized the "resentment" in African countries for the colonial past, hence the "importance" of convincing that the EU defends universal values.