Subscribe here: https://bit.ly/eudebates Russia poses a major threat to the security of the European Union. Among other things, Moscow can also use illegal immigration, states Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni quoted by Reuters.
“We have to understand the threat is much wider than we imagine,” Meloni said.
According to her, the threat to the EU’s security from Russia or elsewhere will not stop after the conflict in Ukraine is over, and the EU should be prepared for this.
“It’s about our democracy, it’s about influencing our public opinion, it’s about what happens in Africa, it’s about raw materials, it’s about the instrumentalization of migration. We need to know it’s a very wide idea of security,” the prime minister said.
She called on the EU to do more to protect its borders and not allow Russia or any “criminal organization” to control the flow of illegal migrants.
Several EU members, including Finland and Estonia, have accused Russia of allowing illegal migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere to enter EU countries through Russia without proper checks, undermining EU security.
EU sanctions against Russia
Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the EU has been constantly increasing pressure on Russia.
In particular, on December 15, the European Union introduced the 15th package of sanctions against Russia. The sanctions list includes 54 individuals and 30 organizations from Russia, China, and the DPRK.
The EU imposed sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet, the Russian military involved in the attack on Okhmatdyt, the management of companies in the energy sector, and those responsible for deporting children, propaganda, and circumventing sanctions.
The other day, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU had already started working on the 16th package of sanctions against Russia.
Premier Giorgia Meloni on Sunday highlighted the commitment to defend external borders and said Russia or criminal organizations would not be allowed to undermine security, speaking at the end of the North-South Summit on European security and defence in Saariselkä, in the Finnish region of Lapland.
“We want to defend external borders and we don’t want to allow Russia or criminal organizations to undermine our security”, said Meloni.
The gathering was hosted by Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo and attended, in addition to Meloni, by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, Greek Prime Minister Kyriákos Mitsotakis and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
Meloni went on to say that the EU is dealing with “great challenges”.
“Our countries have often been considered and have found themselves on opposite sides within the EU, with the North and the so-called frugal on one side and the nations of the South accused of being spendthrifts, something I believe is a prejudice, on the other.
“These nations are now here to talk about the theme of security, and this shows that we have understood that the world has changed and we can’t deal with challenges if we don’t understand the point of view and problems of others”, she noted.
On Albania and new Italian processing centres for asylum seekers Italy has built in the country as part of an agreement between Rome and Tirana, Meloni said she has “summoned for tomorrow a meeting on the theme of Albania to understand how to proceed”, answering to a reporter’s question.
Italian judges have so far not validated the detention of two groups of asylum seekers taken to Albania, referring their cases to the European Court of Justice – which had earlier established that an applicant could not go through a fast-track procedure that could lead to their repatriation if their country of provenance was not deemed wholly safe – even after the cabinet in late October issued a decree listing 19 safe countries for repatriation.
The European Court of Justice is set to rule on the referrals in January.
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The peace and security Europe has enjoyed since 1945 is sadly no more.
Thank goodness we have this leadership from Giorgia Meloni, she is strong and exactly what Europe needs.
Maybe this Italian will accept Jewish state inside Europe ! Did I hear someone said something about Nazi sympathizers
We need the people fighting against the free world to work instead for liberty and democracy. Liberty is our ability of self determination. Democracy is a means of cooperative determination. It is not a democracy without liberty.
This war of attrition is terrible. What is the objective in any instance? Life, liberty, peace, prosperity and the pursuit of happiness?
We put our peace plan on the table, we work to win and we fight to win!
Thats not what she said . More mms lies
The west is the threat to Russia and the rest of the world. Villianizing an outer power is a classic European tactic to distract the people from the real problems.
LOL. The decadence of the EU has brought individualities and events even more bizarre than the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
What has all of the EU sanctions and it's subjugation to the US hegemony achieved?? The strangulation of your own economies.
I don’t think Russia care about us
Stop 🛑 Russia continuous violations and crimes of aggression against the sovereignty of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ukrainian peoples and humanity peace and security. STOP 🛑 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION NOW
Stop 🛑 Russia continuous violations and crimes of aggression against the sovereignty of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Ukrainian peoples and humanity peace and security. STOP 🛑 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION NOW
Well.. after all I think she is also incompetent
Security, yes. But let us also include other topics, such as competitiveness. Yes, dear lady!! Yes!! There can't be the former without the latter!!
But EU has done nothing to bring peace. Meanwhile, Biden, the dementia-ridden president leaves office pumps more money to Ukraine. Money laundering for politicians in EU and in the US.
Viva la Giorgia
how do stupid people like that lead a country. NATO and EU in particular "working together" as Miss melon head says must be a joke
It's the stupidity of Europe that has brought us here. Making a fool of Russia, purely out of western arrogance and stupidity. World power is seriously shifting. We need to wake up very soon.
Get Russians out of Libya
I thought she was realistic.
Apparently she lives in a bubble.
Meloni the great.
ukraime simps😂
Meloni have sold her self as a simpel hore to the EU nasi regime.
This small woman packs a big punch!
I'm becoming More and More Impressed with this Woman . The fact that she understands the Very Real Threat that vladimir putin poses to world 🌍 security , goes a long , long way with me .
Meloni is clearly lying!!! She knows that there has never been any threat from Russia since 1991!!!! Instead, the USA using NATO is trying to encircle Russia!!! They did it with Saakashvili in Georgia. They tried it in Belarus! They attempted it in Kazakhstan. They did it in Ukraine! They put Finland in NATO! And they attempted it and are "fighting" it even again in Georgia!!!!
She exposes herself more mediocre than I thought… 😂
Weak myopic societies produce weak myopic leaders, obviously.
We get what we deserve in the end…
Good luck everybody…
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She's such a fraud.
The west votes leaders with great hair or great voices….Russia votes BRAIN POWER…..
They are very lucky to have her.
She is confused. Russia is not a threat to anyone except corrupt European elites who thought that now is a good time to get revenge for their loss in 1945. Only this time under the name of some democracy.
Womans should take care about childrens and kitchen. How fantastic results achieved EU and Germany under leadership of gynekologist is visible every day. Education define where you can be usable for society.
Meloni Russia is not your enemy. Stop listening to sleepy Joe. Only one Russian strike and Italy is no more. You don't wanna risk it.
NATO liars are the threat not Russia.