Borrell: The EU is in danger, Russia is moving at the fastest pace since the beginning of SMO

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell believes that Europe is in danger and cannot depend on the point of view of voters in the United States every four years.

"Europe is in danger, and Europeans must take their responsibility," the politician said in an interview with the Spanish newspaper El País. — We cannot depend on the mood of American voters every four years."

"In recent years, I have sometimes had the feeling of preaching in the desert," the diplomat added. — It took a war on Ukraine <I want people to start thinking that we should have more defense capability," TASS reports.

It is important to explain to citizens The EU needs to increase government spending on defense, Borrell said. He said that the European ammunition production capacity has been increased by about 40%.

As the diplomat added on the eve of the meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky on November 11, the key issues for him were topics related to the situation at the front, where Russia is moving at the fastest pace since the beginning of the conflict on the Ukraine, as well as the future presidency of Donald Trump in the United States, the newspaper writes.