Think europe and union should be preparing for awhile, or i think this would be mutually disruptive. My name is thomas, im 27 years old. Im from re go lap you. I think of course, youre a should be preparing for war because we already have war on the european continent in ukraine. Yes or no. Are you afraid . War is coming to the you. A few months after the russian full scale invasion of ukraine, i took the decision to put my studies in the u. K. On hold and to move back to lap you to undergo some military training myself because i feel a personal judy to contribute to the security and resilience of my country. We in the baltic states, we recognize that the we border to authoritarian regimes, russian bellows. And i wouldnt say that were scared, but were certainly menaced by the range of hybrids. Threats, you know, election interference attempts to destabilize our borders, Cyber Attacks and so on. I think your concerns are commendable. Im joining your own ministry. You know, them with a view of defending your own country is to am. I believe personally deals and obviously it goes without saying is walker must be at the hague. The war isnt the novel. And i think its kind of i think its almost my eve to think that a total victory can be achieved on either side. And thats why it supports the ceasefire across the board. Well, i think i, im precise where youre coming from. I think that of course, this war has brought to unimaginable destruction and loss of life. But i think the sort of message of peace that youre bringing would not, in fact lead to peace, i think put in would use a ceasefire to basically re arm and return to work in maybe 2 or 3 or 5 years. But i think its also wrong on moral terms. We know what happens in the occupied territories. We know about the abduction of children, rape filtration camps, ethnic cleansing. Yes or no. Should e u countries invest more in defense . So i dont see why the most powerful nations in the world should invest more in defense when other things are to be considered. I, im from building, i went to school where people were homeless, they lived in hotels, and when orleans joined, pasco, in 2017 defense spending increase 5 volts, much 2 percent of rigidity of people still frozen death in the streets. Again, i think i am precise where youre coming from. Um maybe begin with a bit of like an anecdotal story from, from latvia in the past week were announced plans that maybe we should finally build a proper football stadium for our National Team. And our National Team is terrible, but thats kind of besides the, as i was beside the point. And so there were these debates happening that, oh, you know, football stadium, its an investment of several tens of millions of euros. And honestly, one of the main counter points was that this is not a time for luxuries like football stadiums. Maybe we should be building a bomb shelters using these tens of millions. Of course, i would love for us to build this chinese stadium and go to games and to go watch lot feel lose to extension time. But these are not normal times. This is the time when we have more on the european continent and refusing to invest in defense while we have more an instability around our external borders. I think its a, its complete kind of Wishful Thinking and putting blinds on your eyes and hoping that the problem goes away. So often go to no offense as issue of citizenship tests to russian speaking people who comprise over 30 percent of the population. And thats being used indicate by the russians and stick the bus the left, the ends with, i dont think, you know, that facilitates the results and intentions and on the way as well. You know, we are seeing that kind of hardening of ideological lines between russia and europe, which i dont think she is inevitable. And i dont think that should be the case when we have a, someone like putting a war criminal that has made threats over europe. And when we have trump on the other side of the atlantic as a potential next president of the us, how do we defend peace in europe without the coordinated European Armed forces . Every European Defense capabilities. Taken the view away from solely the russian invasion of ukraine, which i think is abominable. I think the crimes of the west and the crimes of European Countries, frankly, am juxtaposed entirely with irish sentiments. And i think further integration as i see it of, you know, the irish ministry, true cooperation with European Union into this global world order, i think, is morally reprehensible just as it is to am aligned with russia. And thats why it fundamentally, i think ours people should protect their own neutrality regardless of what happens because i dont see russia as more im already deprived. Then, you know, say, germany who are sending arms to these varieties and who have committed themselves to what has been alleged across the board to be is honestly, i mean, realize not american movie does no good about in the world. I respectfully disagree with the most of what you said, i think to, to your question um, russias were against ukraine has actually further underscore the importance of all of europe kind of being integrated under the same uh, security umbrella. And i think an ideal example of this is the decision of a sweden and finland, 2 countries with very capable armed forces, 2 countries with fighter jets ships, submarines, artillery, everything, their decision to look at the Security Landscape and say, you know what, we can not deal with these threats on our own, sweden abandoning 200 years plus of non alignment to joining the alliance. This is the ultimate sign that European Countries a need to need to work together. A thank you my question. It goes too low, honorable irish holton do really believe that we should get in to nuclear made from north. Ok. We need to on the safe about im sorry to be real finance or question with the question. Do you think tighter Ministry Coordination . Am and ministry escalations are packed with them in any way to turn the dress of nuclear war. The british army trains 22000 ukrainian soldiers prior to 2022, which ceased just before the invasion. The political reality is the western am increases attention and russian increases the pension compliments one another across the board. Thats just, mike mentioned though, you used to live with us. And my question of whether we should get into black may is a new policy. But what youll see as the alternative to what extent are you concerned by uh, the risk thats under c cables, reaching ireland, or cetera lights, serving island could be threatened by unfriendly forces and do you consider the iron learn by itself could defend them . Or do you see a need for a cold you need to do or appeal approved in order to defend what makes your economy work and your country . Its a good point and its obviously a point of contention that arent in this much discussion about us. I think hypotheticals arent worth considering when the war has reached us down a in ukraine, and weve seen the return to trench warfare for the 1st time of the continents and over century. There is a tress of growth in interference with our case on this. The cables, you know, Cyber Attacks and so on, so forth. This may be the never, not be them. So try to, thats the, whats the, im trying for these fire. I mean, if you did tell you all of your diplomacy on the basis of fear, where are you going to get in 203040 years time. Mutual, this trust just breeds this trust. Yes or no. Should be you provide more military support to ukraine. I just want to say anything through crying inside of the, in this beautiful right to self defense. And thats why its kind of hard to, you know, m express these ideas, but i found them like russians. Do russians have held sham elections into the impasse. Theyve stake their claim and frankly theres no telling if we can force them to leave the volume can force them to leave. And all that happens is corporations have made record profits while those of ukrainians have been sent to the slaughter. I think were just saying young men and women to fine line to be written by machine guns, as has proven the case a century ago. So i think we all in europe need to recognize that this war is not going away. We cannot treat this war, us some sort of emergency, some sort of, uh, you know, inconvenient situation thats going to be frozen in a way that can be localized somewhere away from our daily concerns. We see putting open, we continuing to deny which uh, the rights of ukraine to exist. Fulton has just stolen another president ial term. He plans to rule until his death potent is expanding. His repressions at home and fulton is transitioning russia to a war time economy. There is no scenario were putting says, you know what, ive had enough to send the boys home, your contention to rush it. Im few of them has spearheaded to work on the economy is correct. And theyve proven on functionable. And you know, the weapons industry is booming at the manufacturer is booming, extending the war by supplying more arms to crime which invites an es 3 extension on the russians behalf of manufacturer. I think with sir few of them kind of ironic lee and his goal is to become dictated for life and to drag on the war. I think if a cease fire is held and the russians think of plans to adhere to one, then you know, go ahead have your forever what i got. And what basis do you have that russians would have here to this cease fire . Where is the any kind of a shred of evidence for that when putting is openly saying that ukraine does not have the right to exist . Ukrainian language is a fake language. He is constantly. His propagandists are spouting all sorts of toxic propaganda that we in the baltic sea, you know, redrawing maps, threatening poland, threatening to go to go far beyond. So what is the backbone of this of the ceasefire plan . But what is the best phone of drawing on the war and hoping to repel the russians from where theyve already built themselves in . Or is there any plan the, the plan is uh, of course, to uh, to support ukraine and its, uh, and its a campaigns to retain its uh, its occupied territories. This war is absolutely still winnable, absolute as in frank, emotive logic is it makes good slogan or t shirts or whatever. But is there any concrete plan to actually win this war . Is it actually winnable . Wheres the, you know, im not a, im not a general, but ukrainians are telling us very clearly what sort of capabilities they need, what sort of support financial military they need. Again, i think its actually your kind of very defeatist, a rhetoric that is actually bringing us closer to world war 3 in 2022 ukrainians received from the americans weapons which exceeded the French Military budget of the year. Frankly, thats an insane amount of weaponry. And nothing has come of it except slaughter. So where is the cup . What do you mean . Nothing has come of it. I mean, i have the russians left. You. Are you denying the successes ukrainians have had in holding off and staving off . No, no, just holding off the russian invasion, but actually re conquering more than half of the territory is occupied. I think so. Im craniums have shown that basically you dont need, we dont need European Countries to send troops. We dont need anything like that. Just give us the weapons and we will get the job done. So the payments are not asking you to sacrifice anything really do radians, are just asking for weapons. Do you think this will clear the russians have totally, and they will retrieve the like and the strong my us again, im not a military general, but i think uh, i think the war is certainly winnable. If we have, if we have the courage to give the ukrainians what they need, but you gotta wait on, start, just let me finish quickly. We havent gone through several cycles of this kind of very, uh, kind of one sided self of deterrence that your promoting. So if you remember at the beginning there were talks that no, no, no, we can send any weapons to cranes like we can send java wins because if a western java and is used to shoot down the russian helicopter, then we will have world war 3, right . So then russians will and you knew or Something Like that. Then we went through the same thing with the artillery highmark. No, no, no, this is the red line when russians will well knew chris. Then we went through this with tanks. Now were going through it with jets. Now were, were will have uh, the debates on the long range missiles, right . So every time we keep going through this kind of delayed self determines that its only actually prolonging the war if wed given the ukrainians more capabilities, faster they would have had greater success by now say typically that to that um the ceasefire is, is, is reached and a negotiation starch, what kind of a signal would it send to russia and poor thing . The dictator, as hes, you believe that there might be a way forwarding these or isnt there a re schedule that he sees it as a green card to act like he has doing also in other countries. Its a thinly veiled kind of an invocation of strong mind. Politics dont back down, dont look weak. If we consider, you know, our pride on our feelings ahead of you know, the lives of millions, frankly. I think its, its, um, its a rational us and i think were talking frankly and, and all sound the same like the destruction of the human race. So i dont really care about what message, whatever sense. Thats just me, you know i, i think just, i think the scenario youre describing would send a devastating signal. I think its kind of like a chamberlain coming home after the unit conference where a checklist of what parts of czechoslovakia are uh given a way to ship learning. And hes waving this piece of paper saying, oh, i have brought a piece of brought piece to europe. So i think that if this sort of ceasefire agreement is reached, then it sends the signal to pretend that she has a ambitions have been rewarded so that there is potential for more that the europeans are kind of, you know, locked into this tunnel vision of a of a seeking dialogue, even with a genocidal dictator. The nazi analogy is frankly about faithful. Because its, i think im already reprehensible to take sort of, you know, the only war ever finding Human History between object, the evil and good and apply that to whats going to happen to know this is more inclined, but id be more inclined to believe this is more like world war one, where warring, impaired his powers are facing off against each other and to show a strength in order to reach. Also, the Global Economy aware i do have a question is whether it is possible to drive a Progressive Agenda and, and at the same time, not being able to fight against colonial an imperial power. Which is right at an at olive border or at the border of some of our nations. And whether it is possible to drive a Progressive Agenda in ukraine, which i wish this country very much. While this country will be divided and will be threatened by yet another round, if we are not doing something to project some power or deterrence phase of your russia, there will be obviously another round of imperial ambitions by russia. So dont you think that these 2 visions contradict to each other . Possibly what a realty is, if things continue, the way theyve been going through will be no progressive reality in ukraine. And lensky has found certain opposition bodies, allegedly pro russian. But you know, he doesnt the find the rules and on the green front, i suppose, you know, lots more destructive than war. The us military is the largest institutional polluter in this world. Most of the 90 of the ministry under giving you know, millions upon millions by millions, by millions of weapons, and so on to the ukrainians. What about russia . Committing echo side, destroying down to the mining agricultural land, threatened example res. You Nuclear Power plant are putting literally all of europes security at risk. What about russias this, youre not wrong on there, which is all the way, how do you stuff that you dont prolong the war . What is your request really, from policy capacities and the media . How to even have these emotionally loaded prior to who might have conversation is between the ukrainians and the russians. I think it should be immediate. Its, you know, obviously i dont think its up to the European Union to decide what the terms of the ceasefire. Its not within our borders, i think in the next, the kind of political term to clear signals that need to be sent not just in rhetoric, but in practice. One is that europe is serious about uh, becoming a security and defense actor. And the 2nd signal is to ukraine, not just rhetoric and summits and hand shaking, but clear actions that suggest that you are serious about including ukraine in the European Union. And this means you doing the work to reform to you so that it is ready to accept new member states, also, moldova, and bosnia and maybe maybe some other ones. But this is something that puts and really will understand if your opinions are serious about helping ukraine defend itself, but also serious about its place within europe. Yes or no. Would you risk your life for europe . Would i risk my life for europe . I answered this question with respect to my own country latvia, and i think its kind of foolish to treat these too as indivisible latvia is europe. Were not some sort of a marginal peripheral act or were not some sort of 2nd tier or a new member state. We are a, youre a proper. So that would be my answer a year off as a monolithic idea is another one. And it is, and its an ideological concept for centuries, you know, if youre being slaughtered each other and thats one of the good things he was brought about is that its end of this. But the idea of dining for europe in the dining for anything, whatever context is its designed for the, for just for, but now nationalism if you want to call it that are just for the idea of, you know, self defense without giving any context as to why dont be dying for, i think is a bit of a city question. Im irish, people, frankly, are the only europeans who have experienced colonialism and not the only european. So if no russian imperialism is quite different, while it was an extractive colony for years, and irish agriculture said, you know, the British Working class or in the industry revolution. So on so far i, when i go to my grandfathers village in the west of ireland, i see, you know, houses, stuff were emptied during the fall and theyll be 18 hundreds. And i can personally, you know, we can talk about rush until the cows come home. I think this mark preston, humanitarian crises, in the world. I think europe as an idea dying for europe. I think its, you know, away with the ferries, frankly, is im saying on the look like my point is not the ukraine is the only crisis or war in the world. Absolutely not. But i think what youre saying is some sort of, you know, false, false choice. Europe, europe should be a superpower. Europe should be able to walk and chew gum. We do not have to choose between. Uh, you know, committing our resources to address one to minute, terry and issue and the other. I thought this was very irritating, but this is precisely the point tearing on the panel of used by both was a very important because this reflects the ambivalences and the tensions that we have in our voting population. That was actually super interesting. I think for people who are used to talk a lot, its, i think the challenge to shut up a bits and to be able to listen to, to completely oppose to you core uh from to very different reality as well. Was extremely interesting that its unusual for me to actually flip the script about politicians are listening carefully to the voters have to say, i certainly agreed with what the let the and young both have to say. What as i do, very shelby disagree with a lot of statements. The young irish photo made. Congratulations. Its fascinating. This is exactly whats only to kill debates meet. So its very important that we continue the conversation around how courageous politicians can put on the agenda. New vision for how to make sure the citizens feel safe and theyre truly supported by europe regardless of what our International Global partners decide to do in the future. I think its some intriguing form that i think for us as petitions. So select petitions lists kind of formal to them, hopes to shopping over on focus of the previous put forward by the irish. Both term the to the what road to on the path to a piece goes through giving the address. So what he wants is wrong, as it is dangerous, and i would have liked to hear as well, a bit of a feminist perspective in these debates because in terms of defense, i think we tend to only think about the military and not only about everything which is around, i think, and besides a lot with the, the iris students that we was talking because i think im coming from the same perspective as he is at the beginning. But the ukrainian crisis was a switch. And the way i thoughts about this going to things i find that even though there are diversion to use on how to achieve peace, we see that, for example, for someone in lots of you that has a closer understanding of what this aggression means to europe, who should have the you standing for your a process then depending on decisions made in germany in front the flux view will tell you. We are happy that we are boxing the story. 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