Orpo commented on the matter in Budapest, where he will represent Finland on Thursday at the meeting of the European political community.
Prime minister Petteri Orpo (collective) says that more must be done now to strengthen the European or the countries’ own defense.
According to Orpo, the US administration must also be given a strong and unified message that Ukraine will be supported as long and as much as is needed.
Orpo commented on the matter in Budapest, Hungary, where he will represent Finland on the 7th-8th. November at the summits. On Thursday, the heads of state will gather for a meeting of the European political community, and on Friday there will be an informal meeting of the European Council. The central themes of the meetings are European security and EU competitiveness.
In connection with the meetings, Orpo also commented on the problems of the German government to the media, saying that the country’s current government was aware of internal difficulties.
According to him, however, the situation may now be clarified as a result of the government crisis in Germany, and according to the prime minister, the country could already have a functioning government at the time of the major policies at the beginning of the year.