JAKARTA – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned that the United States, China and Russia prefer a fragmented Europe because a united European Union is a geopolitical force capable of challenging major powers.
Speaking at the Lennart Meri conference in the Estonian capital of Tallinn on Sunday, Kallas said the EU’s collective strength was precisely why external forces were trying to weaken it.
“They don’t like the European Union; “it’s very clear,” he said, according to Anadolu (17/5).
“If we are united, if we operate together, we are an equal force; we are strong,” he concluded.
His statements come as European leaders grapple with uncertainty over Washington’s long-term commitment to European security.
He believed it was easier for world powers to get along with individual European countries than to negotiate with the bloc as a whole, describing attempts to forge bilateral relations as part of a broader strategy to “divide and conquer.”
Kallas also urged the European Union government to reject pressure that could weaken the European union, warning that internal divisions risked reducing the bloc’s global influence amid growing geopolitical instability.
“The reason these forces want to dissolve the EU is that we are much stronger when we are united,” he added.
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