Europe must defend global order: German FM
Europe should not only defend its own peace but act with a broad worldview, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Monday after talks on China with G7 counterparts.
Her comments came after French President Emmanuel Macron provoked controversy after a recent trip to Beijing by saying that Europe should avoid "crises that aren't ours," AFP reported.
Europeans "must not withdraw into our shells. We must not limit ourselves to defending the European peace, because it is under attack," Baerbock told a press conference in Karuizawa, Japan, where the gathering of the top diplomats was taking place.
"We must act sovereignly and independently with a broad view of the world, especially when others suddenly act to our detriment or to the detriment of others," she added.