'When Baltic states are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested,' von der Leyen says The European Commission’s president, Ursula von der Leyen, begins by acknowledging that the Baltic states “have been experiencing what many believed belonged to another era.”
“Air raid alerts, families sheltering, schools closing, transport interrupted. This is the reality on Europe’s eastern border in 2026.She warns “this is a deliberate strategy from Russia trying to destabilise our democratic societies.”
Today it is here. Tomorrow it will be elsewhere along the eastern border.”
She says the EU “must be clear about what it means,” and that “these are not isolated incidents this is a deliberate strategy from Russia trying to destabilise our democratic societies.”
“Europe stands in full solidarity and unity with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, because when Baltic states are being tested, Europe as a whole is being tested.”She says the EU is investing more in readiness and necessary defence projects. Europe live » | Jakub Krupa | Tuesday, May 26, 2026
