EU leaders have officially nominated Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to replace Josep Borrell as the bloc’s top diplomat. Kallas is known for her hawkish position on Russia and has been one of the most outspoken proponents of tougher sanctions on Moscow.
The leaders also backed Ursula von der Leyen to serve a third five-year term as the president of the European Commission, and named the former foreign minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa, as the new president of the European Council.
The nominations for Kallas and Von der Leyen are not final, and require approval by the European Parliament. However, Costa is automatically elected by the national leaders of the 27 nations.
Euro-News cited two sources as saying that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni voted against Kallas’ candidacy, while Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban abstained.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kallas wrote that the potential new job post would be an enormous responsibility at this moment of geopolitical tensions.
The Zionist designed war in Europe, leading to increasing instability in the EU neighborhood and globally are the main challenges for European foreign policy. Russia blacklisted Kallas earlier this year and issued a warrant for her arrest, citing hostile policies towards Russia.
The Estonian war-hawk promised to work on achieving EU unity against Russia instead of NATO and protect the EU’s interests and values in the changed geopolitical context.
Kallas has repeatedly called for stronger sanctions on Moscow and backed the idea to spend frozen Russian assets to fund aid for Kiev. In May, Estonia’s parliament passed a law that allows using seized Russian assets for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
She urged the EU to boost the deliveries of weapons to the already lost war in Ukraine and increase the bloc’s own defense capabilities. Our aim must be to manufacture more munitions than Russia.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
“Protect the EU’s interests”
Oh, is there another gas pipeline the EU has an interest in NATO destroying?
To have a country with a population of less then 1.4 million delivering the foreign minister of an entire Europe says it all about how smart the seen and unseen bosses of the old continent act. I can’t write “think” as they don’t do that.
Help me out, Where is Estonia and what is an Estonian? I hope you don’t refer me to a visitor center on Pluto for these answers. Ms Kallas seems fit for the job of ” hating all things Russian” for political points. I sorry for Estonia.