NATO, Felipe VI: ‘Urgent need to strengthen European pillar, US ties essential’

Strasbourg (France), 21 January (LaPresse) – “These times remind us, all too often, that strength without principles is barbarism, and that simple principles, without supporting actions, lead to frustration and disillusionment. Let us therefore continue to work on our defence, on our strategic autonomy, on strengthening the European pillar within the Atlantic Alliance. It is an urgent necessity. And, at the same time, it is the best way to preserve a transatlantic bond based on respect and loyalty that has given us so much. Without this bond, we will be heading towards a more uncertain, more unstable and more dangerous world.” These are the words of King Felipe VI of Spain in his speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to the EU.