NATO member warns against a Europe ‘armed to the teeth’

By RT International

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that the EU needs to focus on diplomacy

European NATO members must pursue diplomacy to ensure the continent does not become “armed to the teeth” over the next decade, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said.

The EU and European NATO states have pushed for a sweeping militarization drive this year, portraying Russia as an imminent threat – an allegation Moscow has dismissed as a political distraction from Europe’s internal problems.

“What kind of world do we want to leave to our young people when they reach our age? A world in which European countries spend 5% of their budgets on defense?” Sanchez said in an interview with the El Pais newspaper published on Sunday. “We must engage in diplomacy so that, by 2035, Europe is not armed to the teeth, but instead stands for solidarity and the defense of international law.”

Earlier this year, the European Commission proposed a massive €800 billion ($926 billion) rearmament plan, citing a perceived threat from Russia.

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