kyiv. we have seen it in kherson 0blast when russia left the whole khers. kharkiv. sorry, kharkiv, kharkiv 0blast, due to the successful ukrainian offensive. so i think ukrainians, they have a strong will to fight for their freedom. we need to provide them with help. and in the end of the day, russia will understand that international recognised borders are international recognised borders, and the charter of un is quite clear that those borders shouldn t be changed by brute force. i want to end again by sort of tapping into your perspective as holding the presidency of the european union. i want to think about the longer term legacy of what europe has done in response to the ukraine russia war. it seems to me that that emmanuel macron s vision of, quote unquote, strategic
international recognised borders are international recognised borders, and the charter of un is quite clear that those borders shouldn t be changed by brute force. i want to end again by sort of tapping into your perspective as holding the presidency of the european union. i want to think about the longer term legacy of what europe has done in response to the ukraine russia war. it seems to me that emmanuel macron s vision of, quote unquote, strategic autonomy where europe projects its own independent military and security power on the global stage that s pretty much dead. what we ve seen is that europe remains utterly reliant on the massive power of the united states. i would say that europe needs to enhance own security and defence capacities, and. but we are. europe consists of national
i think we have seen, even during this war, that even russia, a dedication to hold on something, has its own limits. we have seen it in the very beginning when the russian invasion wasn t able to invade kyiv. we have seen it in kherson 0blast when russia left the whole khers. ..kharkiv. sorry, kharkiv, kharkiv 0blast, due to the successful ukrainian offensive. so, i think ukrainians, they have a strong will to fight for their freedom. we need to provide them with help. and in the end of the day, russia will understand that international recognised borders are international recognised borders, and the charter of un is quite clear that those borders shouldn t be changed by brute force. i want to end again by sort of tapping into your
of. and the second thing is there s i think what could be called a conservative principle, a sacred principle goes back to the days when the constitution was being formed, the tenth amendment gives rights to the states to give their own decision and we can t allow the big foot to come down on state and local governments. shannon: to protect the borders shouldn t they be able to say we have federal laws in place you can t just decide which ones you won t enforce. are federal laws are covered there are consequences for local communities. however, this is a deeper principle and the question is whether or not communities have the right to determine they can be sanctuary cities under state