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Politicians in times of crisis, we talk in all kinds of configurations among friends and allies, and that’s a good thing,
said Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski
We are outside the core of the EU’s functioning,
said a third EU diplomatThe security concerns of the Europeans will have to be taken into account,
he stressed
There’s an ideological dimension to this group, post-Munich,
said Luuk van Middelaar, founding Director of the Brussels Institute for GeopoliticsWhen a crisis hits, you always get formal or informal inner circles,
he addedWe also agreed that the leaders of European institutions will announce how European defence will be strengthened in the coming days,
Stubb said
We must convince the United States that Ukraine cannot lose this war,
the Finnish president saidThere are currently no plans to hold an unscheduled meeting of the European Council. However, the organisation of such an event is not ruled out, and its goal should be to achieve concrete results. [António Costa], the President of the European Council, has started a process of consultations with the leaders of the EU member states, which address two topics: EU support for Ukraine and security guarantees for Ukraine."
Quote from EU officialThe reality here is there’s only been one aggressor in relation to this brutal illegal invasion, and that is [Russian president] Vladimir Putin, who took a decision to invade a peaceful and neighbouring country on the continent of Europe and Ireland and the European Union,
Mr Harris told RTÉ radio’s News at One
Now we have very strict and clear rules around peacekeeping including UN mandate, a mandate from the Oireachtas and a mandate from the Government. So, the honest answer is we’re not at this point yet, but we certainly shouldn’t recuse ourselves from being part of that conversation should we get to that point.”
He told the programmeThe decision on the next steps will be taken on the basis of these consultations,
an EU official briefed on the plans saidThe UK is unique in that it’s practically the only major ally that Trump hasn’t purposefully antagonized since his inauguration,
said Anand Sundar, a special advisor at the European Council on Foreign Relations
When you have this group of countries that are not aligned, not clear and not well coordinated, you just cannot have a coherent European answer to Washington,
said ALEXANDRA DE HOOP SCHEFFER, acting president of the German Marshall Fund think tank
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I think our problem in Europe quite often is that, you know, we talk a lot and we do a little. Right now the ball is in our court,
Finnish President ALEXANDER STUBB told POLITICO at the Munich Security Conference this weekend
One phone call followed by one meeting is not sufficient to establish enduring peace. We must take action, and today we took an important step forward,
Secretary of State MARCO RUBIO said in a statement today after meeting Russian Foreign Minister SERGEI LAVROV in Saudi ArabiaThey are just haphazardly cutting the people we need to respond to Russian and Chinese hacks, and they don’t even know it,
one CISA employee told John,I hate it but I can’t disagree,
said one former Eastern European foreign ministerWhat we continue to see is North Koreans relying on waves of human assault,
the official added
Europeans talk talk talk, and Americans do, do, do,
One Republican lawmaker at the Munich Security Conference summed up the view from President DONALD TRUMP’s Washington ... said the lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak about the issue candidlyWe were not invited to this Russian-American meeting in Saudi Arabia. It was a surprise for us. I don’t want any coincidences, so I’m not going to Saudi Arabia,
he said