The Ukraine war and uncertainty about future US funding of NATO have rekindled fears about Europe's defence. Witness reporter Valerie Gauriat went to Poland to assess the potential for a spillover of the conflict into other parts of Europe, and to gauge expectations of EU and NATO allies.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 (wind blowing)
00:02 (speaking in foreign language)
00:10 (upbeat music)
00:27 (airplane engine roaring)
00:31 (speaking in foreign language)
00:37 (airplane engine roaring)
00:58 - In line with our original plan,
01:01 we are exercising the hands of the Eastern Federal Bureau.
01:05 - What are you expecting now from the European nations?
01:08 - The biggest challenge is to provide resources
01:11 to build capacity in Europe.
01:14 We need to ensure that we properly deter
01:18 our aggressor, potential aggressor.
01:21 (gun firing)
01:24 (speaking in foreign language)
01:27 (dramatic music)
01:30 (speaking in foreign language)
01:34 (dramatic music)
01:37 (speaking in foreign language)
01:41 (dramatic music)
01:44 (dramatic music)
01:47 (speaking in foreign language)
01:51 (speaking in foreign language)
01:55 (dramatic music)
01:58 (speaking in foreign language)
02:02 (dramatic music)
02:04 (speaking in foreign language)
02:08 (speaking in foreign language)
02:12 (speaking in foreign language)
02:16 (speaking in foreign language)
02:20 (speaking in foreign language)
02:24 (speaking in foreign language)
02:28 the world. (speaking in foreign language)
02:33 (dramatic music)
02:36 (speaking in foreign language)
02:40 (dramatic music)
02:59 (speaking in foreign language)
03:03 (dramatic music)
03:06 (speaking in foreign language)
03:10 (speaking in foreign language)
03:13 (speaking in foreign language)
03:17 (dramatic music)
03:20 (speaking in foreign language)
03:24 (speaking in foreign language)
03:28 (speaking in foreign language)
03:51 (speaking in foreign language)
03:55 (speaking in foreign language)
04:01 (speaking in foreign language)
04:13 (speaking in foreign language)
04:17 (speaking in foreign language)
04:36 (speaking in foreign language)
04:40 (speaking in foreign language)
04:44 (speaking in foreign language)
04:48 - There has been debates
05:11 after the French president's statement saying
05:13 maybe we could send troops on the ground in Ukraine.
05:17 The EU has dismissed this.
05:18 Would it be such an absurdity?
05:21 (speaking in foreign language)
05:26 (speaking in foreign language)
05:55 (dramatic music)
05:58 (speaking in foreign language)
06:02 (speaking in foreign language)
06:31 (speaking in foreign language)
06:34 (speaking in foreign language)
06:39 (speaking in foreign language)
06:43 (speaking in foreign language)
06:47 (speaking in foreign language)
06:51, who will be the president of the United States.
06:54 We don't know if there won't be a populist government
06:59 in an important European country,
07:02 which could also hamper European efforts
07:06 in order to counter Putin's aggression.
07:10 All this can create a very comfortable condition
07:14 for Putin to continue to pursue its aggression in Europe.
07:19 (dramatic music)
07:20 (speaking in foreign language)
07:24 - We must be lucid and we must tell to our public opinion,
07:41 to our citizens, if we want peace,
07:44 if we want security and stability,
07:46 it's extremely important to improve our defense capacities,
07:50 our defense capabilities,
07:52 and to build a true European Union in defense.
07:57 (dramatic music)
07:58 (speaking in foreign language)
08:02 (dramatic music)
08:05 (speaking in foreign language)
08:09 (dramatic music)
08:12 (speaking in foreign language)
08:16 (speaking in foreign language)
08:20 (gun firing)
08:44 (speaking in foreign language)
08:46 (gun firing)
08:49 (speaking in foreign language)
08:52 - The risk is very serious right now
09:03 because Ukraine is losing the war,
09:06 according to most of the analytics.
09:07 The West, in my opinion, is not helping it enough.
09:10 So I think that, yes, the risk may be not in this year
09:13 or the next one, but in five, seven years,
09:16 I think the invasion in our country is very real.
09:20 (speaking in foreign language)
09:24 (dramatic music)
09:27 (speaking in foreign language)
09:31 (dramatic music)
09:48 (dramatic music)
09:51 (dramatic music)
09:54 (dramatic music)
09:57 you