The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, called on Tuesday 11 October for a shift from words to deeds in building European defence.
“Last year we made many statements and commitments. Now it is time to move from words to deeds, it is time for action”, he stressed in a video released at the 2nd European Security and Defence Conference in Brussels. He added that European defence was not “a nice to have, a luxury, it is a must”.