"We are talking about the "European contingents" that would like to send the president of a community nation and that of a non-community nation. The contingents are not sent as you send a fax and to be able to make a press release. Especially those of other nations. If you speak on behalf of Europe you should have the decency to discuss with other nations and this has not happened for the military aspects of the issue. Which I understand is mainly military."
Thus in a post on X the Minister of Defense, Guido Crosetto, in response to the declarations of Macron (France) and Starmer (Great Britain) on the possibility of sending buffer troops to the border between Russia and Ukraine in view of the possible end of the conflict.
Crosetto stressed that a European defense "can only exist as the sum of national defenses. With modalities similar to those of NATO. Just as NATO does not have its own Army, Navy, or Air Force but is based on national contributions that operate together and are coordinated by NATO, the same would be true for Europe."
"I notice that now everyone, even at the bar, talks about defense. Often without knowing in depth the issues being discussed", the minister explains in his long post. "Commenting on something that no one knows anything about except two foreign presidents and that, as far as Italy is concerned, like any international commitment, should have parliamentary steps, multiple and complex, to authorize and finance , does not seem to me to be a useful way to engage the internal political debate - he underlines -. Parliamentary steps that would also be subsequent to having verified with scruple and attention all the technical-logistical-operational-capacity aspects and the consequent need for financial resources. A small contribution to better direct the debate".
(Online Union)
