War in Ukraine: for Clément Beaune, the conflict “will last”

Wednesday, June 29, the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, Clément Beaune, is the guest of “4 Truths” of France 2. He returns to the strengthening of the military commitment of theNATO in Eastern Europe to deal with the Russian threat. “NATO is a defensive and dissuasive alliance. We have a complementarity to organize between NATO” and European defence, believes the minister.

“We have created a European defense budget for the first time. It is the European Union, it is historic, which finances military support for Ukraine: already more than two billion euros. It was unthinkable a few months ago.”continues Clément Beaune. The minister believes that the war in Ukraine “will last”but that “this does not mean that the sanctions are superfluous”. Asked about the political situation in the National Assembly, where the presidential coalition does not have an absolute majority, Clément Beaune declares: “We will have to negotiate, discuss, find compromises.“