Kroatiens Premierminister Andrej Plenković: „Die USA sollten sich weiterhin für Europa einsetzen“

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In einem exklusiven Interview mit Euronews erklärte der kroatische Ministerpräsident, dass die Unterstützung der USA für Europa angesichts der politischen Instabilität während der zweiten Amtszeit von Präsident Trump unverändert bleiben müsse.

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00:0030 Jahre nach dem Ende der Krieg in Bosnien und Herzegowina,

00:11Kroatien ist stark gegründet.

00:14Bosnien und Herzegowina sind die Europäische Union.

00:18Despite die politischen Herausforderungen in der Serbischen Republik,

00:22Kroatien Minister Andrzej Plenković

00:25betrachtet warum die Europäische Integration nun mehr wichtig sind als immer.

00:30In der Europäische Diskussion.

00:34Zunächst einmal von der Erlärmung.

00:36Kroatien unterstützt die Erlärmung der Europäischen Union,

00:40especially die Bunkte der Westen.

00:41Hast du die Impression, dass Russland und China

00:44die Verpflichtungen in diesem Prozess beherrachten,

00:47um ihren Kraft in der Region zu erhöhen?

00:51Kroatien ist sehr viel in favoring der Zukunft der Europäische Union,

00:56sowohl wenn es um die Länder in der Süddeutschlanden Europä,

00:59also unsere immediate neighbors,

01:00aber auch wir unterstützen Moldova und Ukraine und Georgia

01:07auf ihrem Weg zur Europäische Union.

01:09Du bist richtig, je schneller die Prozesse ist,

01:12je mehr die Influenz der anderen globalen Aktoren in der Region haben wir,

01:16ob es Russland, ob es China, ob es andere Länder gibt,

01:20und deshalb, wir antworten eine Struktur und Dynamische Prozesse,

01:24Prozesse in dem, in dem die Länder,

01:27die jetzt im Prozesse der Angelegenheit der Akkus-Kommunikationen,

01:30werden komplett adoptiert die Akkus-Kommunikationen,

01:33aber auch unternehmen sehr viele Reformen,

01:36in der sich die Markets-Prässeinschränkungen an, wenn sie joinen sind.

01:41Aber auch, sie müssen die Kriterien erfüllen.

01:43Kroatien ist das letzte Land, die in die EU joinen,

01:46jetzt fast 12 Jahre, war es ein schweres Prozesse.

01:49Wir haben auch gedacht, dass wir in früher sein sollten,

01:52als wir eigentlich waren, aber wir haben alle Kriterien erfüllen.

01:57Und ich denke, dass deine Angelegenheit ziemlich recht ist.

02:00Ich verstehe, dass es da Kriterien gibt,

02:02aber vielleicht die EU sollte auch mehr schnell reagieren.

02:05Die Erfälle, die jetzt die Europäische Kommission,

02:08insbesondere die zweite Kommission von Ursula von der Leyen,

02:12in meinem Fall, sind viel mehr determined, als sie vorhin waren.

02:16Since 2013, es ist 12 Jahre,

02:19es sind zwei Kommissions-Kommunikationen,

02:21und zwei Parlaments-Kommunikationen, ohne die Entente.

02:25Ich denke, dass die Mission-Latter, diese Zeit,

02:27ist klar, dass die Entente ist ein Priorität.

02:31Wir, als Kroetia, würden wir sehr gerne sehen,

02:34dass Bosnien-Herzegowina, als unsere immediate neighbor,

02:37ein Land, wo die Kroaten sind die Kroaten,

02:39und die Menschen mit equaler Reihen, wie Bosniak und Serb,

02:43müssen wir nach den Dynamiken,

02:46die andere Länder in der Region haben,

02:48und wir wollen sie helfen.

02:49Wir haben vorhin, dass wir den Präsidenten der Kommission,

02:52Frau von der Leyen,

02:53und der Deutschen Prime Minister,

02:55in Sarevo verändern,

02:56verändern, und letztendlich, im März letzten Jahr,

03:00geben wir die Aufmerksamkeit der Europäische Kommission,

03:03um die Begründung zu öffnen.

03:04Ich denke, dass jetzt die Zeit,

03:05um voran, und auch in diesem Prozess,

03:08verändern die Elektoren-Lawke,

03:10um zu ermöglichen,

03:11die Elegation der Legitimaten

03:13in der Presidenziensten von Bosnien-Herzegowinien.

03:16Und was ist bei Serbien?

03:18Serbia is currently undergoing a very long-lasting period of protests

03:24against the government and the president due to, let's say, unfortunate events.

03:30First, the killing in the school by a very young child,

03:35then another murder in the vicinity of Belgrade,

03:39then the fall of the cover at the train station in Novi Sad.

03:44So many unpredicted things happened, which no government or state,

03:50neither Serbia or anybody else, could have influenced.

03:53But these protests have now endured for much longer than before.

03:59We understand that Serbia also wants to make the path towards the European Union faster.

04:06It needs to fulfill the criteria.

04:08And we hope that there is no destabilization of the region of Southeast Europe.

04:15This is critical from our perspective.

04:17You support Serbia as well?

04:19We support all the enlargement, but with the precondition that everybody fulfills the criteria.

04:24Recently, it was a defense agreement between Croatia, Albania and Kosovo.

04:29Do you think that you are threatening by someone?

04:33No.

04:34This agreement was a routine agreement signed between the ministers of defense,

04:39very transparent.

04:40It's published on the website of the Croatian government.

04:43It passed the government procedure as an information.

04:46I think we only put on paper what already exists in terms of defense cooperation

04:51between the Croatian Ministry of Defense, Albanian Ministry of Defense and Kosovo Ministry of Defense.

04:57This agreement has no objective to endanger anyone.

05:01Neither did we feel threatened by anybody else.

05:04So this narrative that was echoed after this agreement was signed was, in our view, false and unnecessary.

05:10But I'm asking you, because it was also agreement between Serbia and Hungary.

05:16Yes, but Serbia and Hungary actually have the agreement in defense domain already.

05:21And the only thing which was done now was the action plan in the implementation of this agreement.

05:27We don't believe that this agreement that existed before is any type of threat to Croatia.

05:33But don't you think that there is escalation in Balkans region, I mean also Republika Srpska?

05:38We are very much concerned with the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

05:43especially in Republika Srpska, when it comes to the position of President of Republika Srpska,

05:48Mr. Dodik, due to the legal proceedings which are ongoing.

05:52Our message was to calm down, to respect the Dayton framework,

05:57which is the constitution of Bosnia and Herzegovina,

06:00based on the 1995 compromise, which is one state, two entities,

06:05three equal constituent peoples and others.

06:08And we are always very much concerned if there are developments

06:14which can threaten the functionality, stability and the reform process.

06:19Our objective was to support the Council of Ministers,

06:23Madame Boryana Krišto, who is my counterpart,

06:26in the efforts to fulfill the criteria to open accession negotiations.

06:29So we would very much like that Bosnia and Herzegovina shifts from potential instability

06:34and these tendencies of secession when it comes to Republika Srpska

06:39to a more harmonious and functional situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina,

06:44where the EU path and reforms which are beneficial to citizens,

06:48both in economic and social terms, are implemented.

06:51Do you think that Russia might try to destabilize situation in Republika Srpska,

06:56in Bosnia and Herzegovina?

06:57Well, first of all, Russia has been conducted an aggressive and occupational war against Ukraine

07:05for now three years and three months, plus the previous war ten years ago.

07:11And this has been the violation of international law and everything that all of us were standing for.

07:17I think the majority of the international community,

07:21especially with the involvement of the United States and Ukraine,

07:24and the contribution of the EU leaders is to first reach ceasefire agreement in Ukraine,

07:31and then hopefully the peace agreement which would stop the military operations.

07:38We should always be very careful, but at the moment I think the major initiative which I started

07:45is that the European Council comes back to the region of the Southeast Europe,

07:50and therefore I agreed with the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa,

07:56to have the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Western Balkans debated at our June European Council,

08:02because so many other crises, different international theatres, which are complicated,

08:09have taken the attention from the leaders of the EU away from the Balkan topics.

08:16You witnessed war in the region in former Yugoslavia.

08:19What is the best way to proceed? How to keep peace? How to avoid the war?

08:25Well, first of all is to respect each other's borders,

08:29to respect each other's territories, each and every nation and people,

08:34to stick to the international law, and to promote the European path.

08:40The European path is the glue for functioning of all the countries in the right direction,

08:45and also for the reforms and the benefits for the citizens.

08:48This is, in our view, essential, and to have a sincere dialogue and build trust.

08:53Without building trust and continuous dialogue, there is always a chance for destabilization.

08:59It's true that the United States played a crucial role in delivering peace in former Yugoslavia.

09:08How can you comment the current politics of Donald Trump in Europe?

09:13Aren't you concerned about his losing attraction in Europe, in Ukraine, in our region?

09:23Well, there were certainly new elements in the second Trump administration,

09:28which are currently on the table, but what also has been going on

09:32is the establishment of trust, dialogue, and ways to jointly work to address the burning crisis and issues across the globe.

09:42I had an excellent meeting with the Secretary Wright for energy policy.

09:50I believe that this 3Cs initiative is an excellent format for more cooperation between the United States

09:56and the participating countries.

09:59There are 13 of them in the energy policy.

10:02I think that the United States should stay committed to Europe,

10:05to the transatlantic partnership, in being a factor of stability and peace on our continent.

10:12And, of course, to underscore the importance of NATO,

10:17because NATO has been a guarantor of collective security for 75 years,

10:22and I believe it should continue to be so.

10:25Do you think that NATO is still stable, that NATO is still powerful?

10:31I think so.

10:32I think that many of our countries have fulfilled the pledge when it comes to the spending on defense.

10:40Croatia, for instance, is spending 2.1% of our GDP.

10:45On modernization is 30%.

10:47We are planning to invest more.

10:50We are also working very much on the procuring European defense equipment,

10:58not only the American equipment, but we've been in the process from eastern to western military technologies.

11:05And we have so far increased our budget for defense more than three times.

11:10The idea is to multiply it even more in the years to come.

11:14And I think that the new white paper on defense, new instruments that the European Union has been preparing,

11:20are strengthening our strategic autonomy and our capabilities and interoperability within the European Union.

11:27Last week, Croatia has completed its squadron of 12 fighter jets, French Rafals,

11:32which has altered our position in terms of our defense capabilities compared to before.

11:38And we have, of course, as many others, given a lot of military assistance to Ukraine over the past three years

11:45in order to provide them means to defend themselves and also defend the peace and freedom in Europe,

11:51not only in Ukraine.

11:53Thank you.

11:54Thank you.

11:55Obama.

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