Joshka Fischer: Europe does not have the ability to defend itself at the moment

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency quoting Germany’s “Hamburger Abend Blatt” newspaper, Joschka Fischer, the former German foreign minister from the Green Party, is of the opinion that Europe must quickly become “capable of deterrence so that any potential aggressor does not even think of attacking this region.”

This 75-year-old former German official said: Now is not the time to focus on balanced budgets. “We have to be able to deter, we have to be able to defend ourselves.” Fischer emphasized: “In early November, Europe may face a Russia that is seeking power.” Globalization in the East is trying to confront the isolationist America under the leadership of Donald Trump in the West. This strategic position that we will be in at that time is a very, very unpleasant one. Can we protect ourselves as Europeans? I honestly believe that we are not like that now. We have to do everything we can to become like this.

Fisher said in another part of these words that he never thought he would say such words one day. But: “Times have changed dramatically.”

Regarding the current discussion about the delivery of the Taurus cruise missile to Ukraine, he said that it is not advisable to continue Discuss it in public, because it will have little effect on the Russian president. “You want to do it or not, but don’t argue about it for too long,” he said. “If Ukraine cannot maintain its independence, Putin will not stop. Appeasement is not an option, and Russia is getting closer to our eastern border every day, so we are in a very dangerous situation.

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