The conflict in Ukraine has made it clear that soft power is not enough so the European Union needs to become a military power, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on arrival at an EU summit on Tuesday.
"What we have learned from the Ukrainian war is that trade is not enough, the rule of law is not enough, it’s not enough to be a good civil power, we need to be also a military power," he pointed out.
Borrell said that as head of the European Defense Agency, he would present a report at the event on putting together defense industries and the military. Earlier, the United States and NATO emphasized the need for the EU countries to increase their military spending to two percent of GDP.
