PARIS, 08 December 2022, (TON): The European Union should develop its own proposals on European security and will deal with this in 2022, since no one should impose solutions on the EU in this area.

This was stated by the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen at a press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron in connection with the beginning of the French presidency of the Council of the European Union, which will continue until June 30, 2022.

“It is very important for me to reflect on the architecture of European security during this presidency (France in the Council of the EU – TASS note). We will return in 2022 with our ideas on European security, with our architecture, which we must discuss and develop together.

More Once I stress, there can be no decisions imposed on Europe in this area. Whatever the decision, it must be made with the participation of the EU,” said von der Leyen. She also stressed that NATO “must play a key role in this dialogue” and the leading EU countries are members of this organization.

The head of the Europe-an Commission also called for speeding up the creation of the EU Defense Union during the French presidency in the first half of 2022.

She said “we need to work to build a defense alliance to prepare to face new challenges, such as hybrid attacks from different directions. Work on the EU Defense Alliance in 2022 will reach a new speed.”