'Europe was a project of peace without arms. Now, it will be a project of peace – but with arms,' says Estonian PM Kristen Michal
GDAŃSK – Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s invasion is fundamentally changing Europe, two Baltic leaders told Euractiv on the sidelines of a conference in Poland.
Eastern flank leaders used the Ukraine Recovery Conference last week to argue that Europe’s policy in the besieged country can no longer be treated as a reconstruction or an enlargement file alone. It is a test case of Europe’s ability to adapt to its new world on the regional and global stage.
“If we look back in twenty years, this is the moment defence cooperation clicked for the EU,” Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristen Michal told Euractiv in an interview.
“Europe was a project of peace without arms. Now, it will be a project of peace – but with arms.”
