“That is the currency of these times”

During his speech, Starmer highlighted that Russia has demonstrated its “desire for aggression” and has considered that this more European NATO must be supported by deeper ties between the United Kingdom and the European Union (UE).

The Head of Government of the United Kingdom stressed that, in the face of the threat from Russia, the future prosperity and security of the United Kingdom depends on closer defense and security ties with Europe, and stressed that Your country is no longer the one it was during the Brexit years..

He added that leaders must not hesitate in the face of Russian aggression and that, after an eventual peace agreement for Ukraine, “Russia’s rearmament will only accelerate”, so “we must respond to this threat with all our forces.”

“To break with the convention of a thousand speeches, we are not at a crossroads. The road ahead is straight and clear. Must strengthen our hard powerbecause that is the currency of our time. We must be able to deter aggression and, if necessary, we must be ready to fight,” he said after the opening remarks of the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.

“We must be able to deter aggression and, if necessary, we must be ready to fightto do whatever is necessary to protect our people, our values ​​and our way of life and, as Europe, we must stand up for ourselves.

Likewise, Starmer has insisted that the United Kingdom will comply with the article 5 of the NATO treatywhich states that an attack against a member of the Atlantic Alliance It is an attack against everyone.

“He Article 5 is as profound now as everand have no doubt that, if asked, the United Kingdom would come to your aid today,” he said.

Aircraft carrier deployment

The British Prime Minister has announced that the United Kingdom will deploy its aircraft carrier strike group in the North Atlanticwhich will operate alongside the United States, Canada and other NATO allies, which represents “a strong demonstration of our commitment to Euro-Atlantic security.”

The deployment comes after the statement by the American president, Donald Trumpearlier this year that he wanted to take over the island of Greenland.

Likewise, Starmer has considered that The United States is still an indispensable ally which has made an unrivaled contribution to European security over the last 80 years, but added that Europe must rise to the occasioninvest more, deliver more results and coordinate better.

He has recognized that things in Europe are changing and that the new normal is for Europe to assume responsibility for its own defense.

The British Prime Minister added that the United Kingdom must explore areas in which it can get closer to the European Union’s single market.

“We want to collaborate to lead a generational change in defense industrial cooperation,” he declared. “This includes reconsidering a greater economic alignment“added Starmer, six years after Great Britain left the European trading bloc.

“A Deeper economic integration is good for all of usso we must analyze in which areas we can get closer to the single market as well, and in what aspects that would be beneficial for both parties.