丹麦首相批评欧洲应对俄罗斯侵略的“天真”
https://kyivindependent.com/danish-pm-criticizes-europes-naivety-in-confronting-Russias-aggression/
作者：Kateryna Hodunova 2024 年 2 月 27 日 7:32
2023 年 8 月 20 日，乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基（左）和丹麦首相梅特·弗雷德里克森在丹麦北部沃延斯斯克里德斯楚普空军基地机库的一架 F-16 战斗机前举行的新闻发布会上发表讲话。（Sergei Gapon/法新社通过盖蒂图片社）
丹麦首相梅特·弗雷德里克森 (Mette Frederiksen) 2 月 27 日接受英国《金融时报》采访时表示，欧洲必须增加国防开支，以威慑俄罗斯。
她称欧洲“天真”，因为没有尽早采取行动。
“我们太天真了，在世界西部，我们太专注于变得富裕，因此我们也建立了对我们不应该依赖的国家的依赖——来自俄罗斯的天然气，以及来自俄罗斯的新技术。中国，”她告诉英国《金融时报》。
几位北约指挥官和其他联盟领导人以越来越严厉的措辞警告与俄罗斯直接战争的危险及其可能对整个欧洲产生的影响。
欧盟领导人还担心，如果乌克兰取得胜利，俄罗斯会瞄准摩尔多瓦或格鲁吉亚。
弗雷德里克森表示，欧洲必须避免过去的错误，回顾丹麦和其他国家自 20 世纪 90 年代初冷战结束以来削减军事预算的情况。
丹麦与乌克兰签署十年安全协议
弗雷德里克森表示，限制社会支出和税收以及扩大国防工业必须成为对抗“变得更加咄咄逼人”的俄罗斯的首要任务。
丹麦和乌克兰签署了为期十年的安全合作协议。丹麦是第一个敲定该协议的非七国集团国家。
丹麦和荷兰还牵头联合努力向乌克兰提供第四代 F-16 喷气式飞机。
Danish PM criticizes Europe's 'naivety' in confronting Russia's aggression
https://kyivindependent.com/danish-pm-criticizes-europes-naivety-in-confronting-russias-aggression/
by Kateryna HodunovaFebruary 27, 2024 7:32 PM
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen address a press conference in front of an F-16 fighter jet in the hangar of the Skrydstrup Airbase in Vojens, northern Denmark, on Aug. 20, 2023. (Sergei Gapon/AFP via Getty Images)
Europe must spend more on defense to deter Russia, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in an interview with Financial Times on Feb. 27.
She called Europe "naive," for not doing it sooner.
"We have been too naive, and in the western part of the world we have been too focused on getting richer, and therefore we also have built up dependencies on countries that we should not be dependent on – gas from Russia, and new technologies from China," she told Financial Times.
Several NATO commanders and other alliance leaders have warned in increasingly stark terms about the dangers of a direct war with Russia and the impact it could have across Europe.
EU leaders are also concerned about Russia targeting Moldova or Georgia in case of a victory in Ukraine.
According to Frederiksen, Europe must avoid past mistakes, recalling Denmark and other states cutting their military budgets since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s.
Denmark signs 10-year security agreement with Ukraine
Frederiksen said that limiting its social spending and taxes and scaling up its defense industry must be a top priority in confronting Russia, which is getting "more aggressive."
Denmark and Ukraine have signed a 10-year agreement on security cooperation. Denmark is the first non-G7 country to finalize the deal.
Denmark and the Netherlands also lead the allied efforts to provide Ukraine with the fourth-generation F-16 jets.
