Kubilius Criticizes Government’s Lack of Priorities and Calls for Stronger Defense
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- Andrius Kubilius says Lithuania’s government has not clearly defined its major priorities, including ahead of the country’s upcoming presidency.
- He welcomes plans to allocate more than 5% of gross domestic product to defense but says spending figures alone are insufficient.
- Kubilius proposes inviting Ukrainian drone operators to exercises to test whether Lithuania could defend itself against Russian drones.
Andrius Kubilius says Lithuania’s politics lack major ideas and concrete action, while the government’s priorities remain unclear.
He said the uncertainty was especially concerning as Lithuania approaches its presidency, without the article specifying which presidency. Brussels, Kubilius argued, has clear priorities, but Lithuania does not.
Kubilius welcomed the decision to devote more than 5% of gross domestic product to defense. But he stressed that the figure itself would not be enough to demonstrate military readiness.
He proposed an “Ukraine test”: inviting Ukrainian soldiers who operate drones to take part in military exercises. In other NATO countries, he said, Ukrainian participation in such tests had left their forces stronger.
Lithuania belongs to NATO, an international defense organization. Kubilius said that if Lithuania failed the test, it would not be able to defend itself against Russian drones.
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Originally published by Delfi in Lithuanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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