
Andrius Kubilius
@KubiliusA • 23,074 subscribers
🇪🇺 Commissioner for Defence and Space, former Member of the European Parliament, former Prime Minister of Lithuania 🇱🇹
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If 🇪🇺will face Russian aggression, it will face a Russian battle tested army, which is much stronger than it was back in 2022. Apart from Ukraine, no one in Europe has comparable experience. Are we ready to integrate 🇺🇦 battle tested military capabilities with ours, and how?
Andrius Kubilius299,244 views • 5 months ago

Our defence relies now on the backbone of U.S. mil. forces in Europe. What will that backbone look like in the future? German forces? 23 separate EU MSs/NATO forces? Or a new European Defence Union? Would 🇺🇸 be stronger, if it had 50 armies, 50 defence policies & 50 budgets?
Andrius Kubilius102,504 views • 5 months ago

We are not at war, but not at peace either. Provocations can continue for years to come. It’s Russia that attacked Ukraine and provokes EU Member States. Not the other way round. To protect peace we’re working on defence readiness: materially, institutionally, politically.
Andrius Kubilius85,220 views • 7 months ago

Since the Russian invasion we 🇪🇺 have supported Ukraine with €50bn in military aid alone. That's a lot – but annually it's less than 0.1% of our GDP. We can and must do more. The White Paper sends a very clear signal: Ukraine's defence is an integral part of European defence.
Andrius Kubilius97,491 views • 1 year ago

🇪🇺 is historically an economic giant. When it comes to defence, the European Union is also a giant. But a sleeping giant. In this world of giants we too must be giants. True to our values and strong. Dear friends, Let us together, wake the sleeping giant of Europe!
Andrius Kubilius26,397 views • 3 months ago

In five years, Russia could be ready to confront NATO. Russia’s war economy is operating at full blast. We are far behind. To prevent Russian aggression, to prevent war, we need a big bang in defence spending and production. By working together: EU, EDA, NATO. #EDAconf
Andrius Kubilius68,374 views • 1 year ago

When intelligence services are warning, that aggression is possible, readiness to defend peace becomes a priority. We urgently need to get our peace time European Union “body” ready for defence, fit for self defence, fit for defence readiness. #DefenceReadinessOmnibus
Andrius Kubilius44,822 views • 11 months ago

No single Member State alone can stand up against Russia. But together we can. The EU economy is many times larger than the Russian economy. Together we can outspend, outproduce and outmatch Russia. But then we need to unite and show solidarity. #Readiness2030 #poland25eu
Andrius Kubilius49,786 views • 1 year ago

We must heed the call of our Baltic friends and build a drone wall. This is not an abstract ambition. It is the bedrock of credible defence. A European capability developed together, deployed together, and sustained together, that can respond in real time. Ursula von der Leyen #SOTEU
Andrius Kubilius32,341 views • 8 months ago

🇪🇺shall be powerful geopolitically, if we shall be strong in our defence. We shall be strong in defence, if we shall be strong with our defence industry, industrially autonomous, and much less fragmented. European unity brings added value. That’s what #EDIP is about.
Andrius Kubilius19,071 views • 6 months ago
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Putin’s regime has two main enemies - democratic and free Ukraine, and freedom-loving but freedom-denied Russian people. The European Parliament stands in solidarity with Alexey Navalny Vladimir Kara-Murza Илья Яшин Alexey Gorinov and all other brave Russian people and their families.
Andrius Kubilius45,624 views • 3 years ago

🚀Successful launch for Copernicus EU Sentinel-5A with #Ariane6 A new era in atmosphere monitoring begins. With 11 Copernicus 🛰️ in orbit & 2 more launches underway, the EU leads the way in Earth Observation 🇪🇺 Congrats to EU Defence and Space European Space Agency EUMETSAT Arianespace #EUSpace
Andrius Kubilius16,644 views • 9 months ago

Today at European Space Agency #CM25 we hit two targets with one shot: The first release Copernicus EU images from 2 new satellites. With Sentinel-5A we monitor every 💯mins 🌍 atmosphere & with Sentinel-1D we act upon emergencies. Our goal: Safety, security & resilience of our Union🇪🇺
Andrius Kubilius12,193 views • 6 months ago