Foreign Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger (NEOS) welcomes the proposals of the EU committee to mobilize more money for Europe’s defense capacity. On the occasion of her first trip abroad in her office, she also confirmed the dedication to the neutrality of the new federal government on Thursday. Europe must be confident and united, she demanded.
Meinl Reisinger emphasized that “everything must be done” to “strengthen the autonomy of Europe”. That is “also the ability to defend in such times”, so it welcomes the EU committee’s proposal. This wants to mobilize 800 billion euros to become more independent of third parties such as the US and to be prepared for new dangers. The subject was also at the top of the EU Special Summit agenda on Thursday in Brussels.
“Neutrality applies very clearly”
“You have to see what that means in detail,” the Minister of Foreign Affairs continued. It is “important for her that this also goes in the direction of a common purchasing and interoperability”. And “The neutrality that determines the Constitution is very clear. But the one has nothing to do with the other, “the liberal politician emphasized.
It is clear to Meinl Reisinger: “Austria is solidarity next to Ukraine.” On Wednesday she announced that she spoke with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha on Wednesday. She didn’t want to say anything about a possible trip to Ukraine. The safety of Ukraine cannot be negotiated on the heads of Ukraine, just as the safety and future of Europe cannot be negotiated at the table without Europe, the liberal politician is convinced.
She believes that it is necessary for the geopolitical situation that Europe acts, stands on its own two feet and acts confidently “because in Ukraine European safety will also be part of it, and” we are therefore insisting on a fair and sustainable peace from Austria “. Asked about the activities of the US President Donald Trump and his administration, that this change.
Unity
But: “Europe can set more if it wants. We are a rich continent, we are a strong continent, more people live here than in the US. For the Minister of Foreign Affairs, “self -confidence is required”. For Meinl Reisinger, the power of Europe is especially in unity. She therefore appeals to this unit: “We should not be divided apart, because the enemies in Europe eventually also won.”
“Power of the law and not right of the stronger”
It must be clear to Austria that “we are always better off if the power of the law applies and not the right of the stronger,” said Meinl Reisinger. In these times, “the rule -based world order of a power -based world order seems to give way, and that is not in our interest”. It underlined the importance of transatlantic relationships; But unlike the United States, Europe and Austria had “different interests, especially in the Ukrain question, and also the interest that multilateralism is strengthened instead of weakening”.
“We are better off if we have a place at the negotiating table than it is decided on our head with economic or military power,” she emphasizes. She sees it as her “task to ensure that this power is mainly produced”.
Meinl-Reisinger met her first trip abroad in the position as Foreign Minister with EU-Buitenlandse officer Kaja Kallas and EU migration commissioner Magnus Brunner.
Source: Krone
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