Europe remains overly dependent on other global players in energy, security, and other key areas, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated in an interview with the newspaper Libération, APA reports.
According to him, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the conflict in Ukraine "revealed the scale of Europe's dependence on energy, food, and healthcare." "This dependence has since decreased, but remains excessive," the minister emphasized.
The situation surrounding Greenland was also indicative, according to the head of the department. "US claims to Greenland—a European territory under NATO protection—have exposed Europe's security dependence," Barro stated.
He believes that "European countries must continue to rearm and strengthen themselves in order to ensure their own security." "Europe must say 'no' to any form of intimidation and coercion, no matter where they come from. To do this, it must accelerate the implementation of the concept we have been advocating for almost ten years – the idea of strategic autonomy," the head of French diplomacy stated.
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