Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the EU: “The United States remains our great ally”

Between the war in Ukraine, the sudden fall of the Al-Assad regime in Syria and the return of Donald Trump to the White House, Kaja Kallas, the new high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, also Vice-President of the Commission, knew that the challenges would be numerous. Six weeks after taking up residence on the twelfth floor of the Berlaymont, the Commission’s headquarters in Brussels, the very Atlanticist head of diplomacy is experiencing sweeping declarations from the new strong men of the United States: Tuesday January 7, Donald Trump said he wanted to take control, without ruling out the use of force, of Greenland, a territory dependent on Denmark, a member of the EU, while billionaire Elon Musk, financier and support of the president-elect , multiply the political interference in Europe.

Despite this, the former Prime Minister of Estonia (2021-2024) intends to keep a cool head and refuses, in an exclusive interview with Mondeto enter into the controversy in order to spare the American ally. Concerning Elon Musk, who is organizing an exchange on Thursday on his social network “Very powerful people have the right to have their own opinions about governments. However, we defend freedom of expression so that people can say what they think. » On the other hand, regarding X, “the EU has put in place very clear rules, via the European Digital Services Regulation (DSA); if the large platforms do not respect them, they will suffer the consequences of this text”she warns.

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