Josep Borrell Fontelles @JosepBorrellF · Dec 12
EU official.
The EU remains committed to provide military support to #Ukraine and other partners alike.
We are increasing today the financial ceiling of the European Peace Facility #EPF by €2 billion in 2023.
https://europa.eu/!y8wXB4
Great news for Ukraine supporters and those for a strong NATO.
https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/investing-more-together-europe%E2%80%99s-defence_en
The best thing is to go to his actual blog where he talks about the increased spending and the need to further increase European defense budgets, and to continue to support Ukraine while preparing for future threats, (Russia).
“The overall conclusions are clear and this is the message I will bring to European leaders at the EU Summit next week:
The threats we face are real, close-by and likely to get worse. At the same time, everything is in place for a leap forward on defence cooperation: we have the ideas, the money, the EU frameworks and an organisation, the EDA, specifically set up as a forum to boost defence cooperation. We need action and this requires a political push from the top, i.e. EU Presidents and Prime Ministers.
We should not just spend more on defence but better. And this means cooperate more. To continue supporting Ukraine; to address present needs; and to start preparing for the future.”
