“You cannot expect to disarm Kyiv at such a delicate stage, but the serious question to ask is: was and is sending weapons the only way to help it? And could the EU not have acted as a deterrent in some other way?”

The former prime minister comments on the rift that has emerged within the PD between reformists and pacifists over defence spending: “They need to make a decision on foreign policy. For now, they’re just in a mess.” The father of the Olive Tree coalition seems to have a clearer vision than the coalition itself