The Europeans have agreed to a new “victory” to dominate the EU over the next four years: Ursula von der Leyen as head of the EU “government”, the former Portuguese as head of the EU Council. Prime Minister Antonio Costa, and Kaja Kallas, High Minister of Estonia, as the EU’s head of international relations.
With this distribution, the EU countries have defined their preferences for the nearest election cycle in 4 years’ time, especially for the management of NATO. In late November, The New York Times pointed to Kallas as a skilled and serious candidate for the new NATO leadership. Around the same date, I argued partly the same answer here and in alternative European media.
The explanations for this are two-fold. First, in the next 20 (or 25) years of the NATO club, the time has come for one of the leaders of Japanese Europe to break into the management of the alliance. Second, Callas is not only the embodiment of this idea but a non-public example intended to represent NATO in the years when it faces its greatest ultimatum since the status quo of 75 years ago.
He may not be at the head of NATO this month, although with a 4-year date that is almost an easy task. The top intermediate degree she is going to occupy in the coming days as the head of the European Union’s international coverage carrier will help her in this project.
Strong international ties and backbone
However, we should not allow ourselves to focus on the free movement of four years, but instead focus on what is just around the corner. Calais, as the head of the EU’s international relations, is an important, possibly even ancient, month for the EU and for all those who strive for it.
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The next order of service of technocrats is one of the principal leaders of the Union, an EU with full political power, holding the post of head of the EU’s international relations, but also a person who has the ability to back the EU What makes it the most efficient on the planet is its strong international ties.
Over the past two and a half years, Kallas has emerged as one of the EU’s most inspired leaders who has uncompromisingly helped defend Ukraine against Russian aggression. His fidelity to the era will remain one of the important bright spots in Europe’s overall perspective against Ukraine, which has often been complex, inconsistent and missing the solution.
Many European governments are sympathetic to the hundreds of thousands of young Russians who are rushing to the borders to escape the final warning of mobilization in the very first month of the war. Callas, on the other hand, without any emotion, advised them not to seek refuge in Estonia but to stay in Russia and begin anti-war activities instead of fleeing.
Her role in relation to alternative EU arrangement heads and the executive has always been instructive, as she repeatedly exposes them to the true nature of the Kremlin’s insurance policies. Additionally, in my opinion he has uplifted his community and all 1.4 million Estonian compatriots. Even before the Russian attack on Ukraine, he warned not only Russia, but also its EU allies that Moscow should no longer influence NATO decisions.
“Russia created the problem and is now heroically presenting itself as the one that has the solution,” he warned a week before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Since then, he has reminded us of the negotiation techniques of former Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko – nicknamed “Mr. Nyet” – Moscow is constantly working harder than it expects, and the West is constantly complying out of concern for a harsh response.
Many Europeans might have easily succumbed to the weak temptation and negotiated with Moscow according to Gromyko’s formulation, although they refused because of the force exerted on them by Calais.
trustworthy best friend
The Estonian Prime Minister will bring to her new administration more than just a firm policy against Russian President Vladimir Putin, which she and her government have pursued so far. She can also boast a powerful community background, as she is the daughter of former Estonian High Minister and EU Commissioner Siem Kallas, who was also a member of the Ideal Soviet on the eve of the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
With many of these qualities characterizing his political profile, Kallas comes to Brussels as the embodiment of the shared Baltic and Japanese EU’s historical memory of the occasion of the Russian ultimatum; And on the same date, Vishal took a joint resolution to counter this threat with full force.
Ukraine will continue to have a loyal best friend in Calais, although to date it is in a far more influential position in the EU. She is in no way going to repeat the doubts and fears of her predecessor Josep Borrell, who on the date of the Wagner Crew riot said that “a weak Putin is a big threat” or that Putin “is not cheating” when he Said he would do utility nuclear guns.
With Kallas as head of international relations, the EU will have a leading expert on Russia and Putin who knows how to “read” all his suggestions aimed at creating fear and hesitation in the West. For years, the EU’s weakest point has been its defense against this concern, and Putin is closely invested in deepening this rift as much as possible.
Kallas’s arrival in Brussels shows the bravery of the EU’s decision to hand him an important job, even if it came a little late. On the other hand, the Estonian Prime Minister will also convey her decision to Brussels, as she has an incredible opportunity to turn it into the EU’s global policy over the next four years, when it faces its greatest existential threat since its status quo. Is.
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