The Diplomat
People, composure and the difficult conversation held well.
Kallas operates quintessentially as The Diplomat: her responses consistently frame EU power as coalition-strengthening rather than unilateral assertion, insisting that Ukraine must lead its own negotiations while Europe reinforces their position from behind.
“Well, it's still not too late, is it? I mean, to boost the defense and also why have proposed out-of-the-box solutions like Eurobonds that we really raise money outside European budget in order to make these defense investments now.”
“Well, I was just in Munich Security Conference. I was in one panel together with Hillary Clinton, and she said that everything Trump says, please believe him because he's going to do it. I mean, he has been very open about his plans. And I think we should take it as such. But it doesn't really come as a surprise.”
“Well, that is a big question. Of course, Mark Rutte has other positive qualities that he has been a prime minister of a coalition government, which means that you have to bring different parties together and you have to find compromises, which is also a very important quality.”
“No, I'm not concerned. Why Putin does this is to really make me afraid and make me refrain from the decisions that I would otherwise make. I've been the most spoken voice regarding helping Ukraine and this is definitely I've deserved the Kremlin's attention. I think it shows also that Putin's playbook hasn't changed.”
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