Today I want to speak about the political situation. At this time, the Munich Security Conference is taking place, and we have heard a lot of interesting presentations from the leading politicians of the world. Yesterday, I listened to the presentation of the Vice President of the United States, C.D. Vance, and I would summarize his speech as ugly as possible. It was not a speech about politics, it was not a speech about the European situation, it was not a speech about the Trump administration and its goals, but rather a speech about morality, especially religiosity, as well as his thoughts on the allegedly bad morality of European nations, which, according to him, don’t allow free speech. These countries would be fearful of their peoples, and that would be a very bad precondition for having a working democracy. I think this is all in all nonsense, and I would say unbelievably presumptuous. This rather young man, with obviously no knowledge about Europe, dares to teach us how to behave in a democracy.
But today there were a lot of discussions and presentations as well. I listened to the presentation by the President of Ukraine, and it was a very powerful speach, with very unifying intentions and a call for European leaders to unite if the Americans withdraw from their responsibility for the world and for Europe, standing up against Russian aggression, even without the US. In a podium discussion, the Danish Prime Minister, Mrs. Frederiksen, was the most convincing speaker. The others—the Swedish Prime Minister, the Czech President, and Merz, President of the CDU—were not bad, but she made the clearest statements. And I will pick out the most important ones.
All of them were talking about how to get the money for more weapons and more support for Ukraine and Europe. And she said, that’s not the question, that’s not the right question. The question should be, what do we have to do? What are our goals? If our goals include ensuring that Ukraine wins this war, then we have to do X, Y, and Z. And after that, you can find the money. And if these things are really necessary, every country will find a way to get the money it needs. Claiming that there aren’t three billion euros for supporting Ukraine, and the chancellor saying that others, these guys, who made the proposal, should suggest how to find the money, then I would say he—the chancellor—should find a way to get the money himself, and not simply refuse. Or he says this support isn’t necessary.
So I think such behavior, such an approach to the necessities of the current situation, is irresponsible administrative politics, and I have the impression that all the opposition parties have the same attitude with respect to Ukraine and money. First, we have to look at how we can get the money without violating some rules, which are more or less important, because this situation is special. Would we be asking such questions if we were in an active war?