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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen writes in her recent report that the EU should create a new intelligence body to deal with external threats.
EC chief Ursula von der Leyen’s call to create a new united intelligence body for the EU is a product of the EU institutions seeking to strengthen the union’s “federal aspect,” says former Swedish Air Defense officer Mikael Valtersson.
“Their long-term goals are to turn the EU into a federal state like the USA,” Valtersson tells Sputnik, referring to the EU institutions. “There are both federalist and antifederalist forces fighting about the future of the EU within the organization. Those that want a more federal EU use every pretext they can find to strengthen and create new federal institutions.”
According to him, efforts to further the federalization of the EU are usually conducted under the pretext of some alleged external threats, usually associated with China or Russia.
The opinions on von der Leyen’s scheme vary, with the bloc’s members that are “at odds with both the central EU institutions” not being too thrilled by her proposal, Valtersson suggests.
“Presently this mainly concerns Hungary and Slovakia, but several other countries might soon also be governed by like-minded governments. These countries want to diminish the federal aspect of the EU, both are also often in open conflict with the EU,” he elaborates. “Sharing sensitive intelligence with a European intelligence agency, seen as a potential enemy of your own country, could nearly be as bad as sharing intelligence with an enemy in a real conflict.”
The EU institutions’ bureaucratism and slow reaction time also makes “other more pro federal countries hesitant to become subservient to a federal intelligence agency,” he adds.
“In the case of an unlikely, but successful establishment of a European intelligence agency, such an entity would also in the long run, become a powerful competitor to US intelligence agencies. Nothing that the US would appreciate. The US establishment prefers a divided and subservient Europe that follows the US lead,” Valtersson says.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the West’s duplicity in its dealings with Moscow, and its broader “hypocrisy,” saying Russia will no longer tolerate the broken promises of NATO and its allies. Speaking at the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Kazan, on Thursday, Putin emphasized his dissatisfaction with the West’s disregard for international agreements and fairness.
“Is it fair to lie to our faces about NATO not expanding, and then expand it anyway?” Putin asked, referring to assurances given to Russia in the 1990s. He also criticized the 2014 US-backed Maidan coup in Ukraine –which ousted the country’s democratically elected president Victor Yanukovich – saying it was a violation of international law. He added that it had led directly to the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow.
“There is no justice here,” Putin remarked. “We want to change this situation. And we will achieve it.”
The Russian president also rejected recent claims by UK intelligence that Moscow was responsible for unrest in the UK, dismissing them as “nonsense.” Putin argued that any problems in Britain were due to its own domestic policies, not Russian interference.
Russia is not interested in perpetuating conflict but wants fairness in global politics, Putin added. “We want to change this situation, and we will achieve it,” he said firmly. He criticized the West for pushing policies that harm both international law and diplomacy, suggesting that Russia will not stand idly by.
His comments come amid rising tensions between Russia and NATO, with Putin highlighting what he sees as the West’s continual hypocrisy on security matters.
The head of the British Security Service (MI5), Ken McCallum, claimed earlier this month that the UK support for Ukraine has made London a target of Russian propaganda and subterfuge, seeking more power and government funding to deal with the alleged threat.
https://www.rt.com/russia/606386-putin-brics-summit-west/
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