Finland's Prime Minister acknowledges that "Europe is not strong enough"

MADRID, 2 Dic. (EUROPA PRESS) -

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin acknowledged on Friday that Russia's war in Ukraine has exposed Europe's military weakness, so that the continent "is not strong enough."

Marin, who is in Sydney, has made a speech in which he has indicated that the invasion of Russian troops has exposed European weaknesses and strategic mistakes. "We would be in trouble if the United States did not get involved in the war in Ukraine," he has admitted.

"The United States has given a lot of weapons, a lot of financial aid and a lot of humanitarian aid. Europe is not strong enough yet. We have to make sure that we are also building those capabilities when it comes to European defense and the European defense industry," He has explained in statements collected by Australian television, ABC.

In this sense, Marin has assured that China has real influence over Moscow, while he has urged the strengthening of European countries.

"I think China could play a big role in stopping the war, if it wanted to. It's up to China how it wants to act on the war. But we shouldn't just rely on that, China or anyone else... we should make sure that We are stronger," he asserted.

The Finnish head of government has pointed out that the European continent is "too dependent" on the technologies and energy of authoritarian states.

Thus, he has qualified that democracies must build "common life lines" to move away from Moscow or Beijing, because, he has warned, these "dependencies" would be "turning Western societies into weaknesses."

"In increasingly critical areas, from medical equipment to new technologies and energy, we have become too dependent on cooperation with regimes that do not share our common values," he explained.