The European Defence Ministers, meeting in Kranj (Slovenia) on Thursday 2 September, highlighted their desire to strengthen European defence, as Europeans were dependent on the Americans to secure Kabul airport from which their nationals and Afghan support workers were evacuated. According to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, Member States have evacuated 17,500 people.
“I think it is clear that the need for a wider ‘European...