The former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, urges the next generations to defend democracy, warning that populists and demagogues “will establish the world on fire.”
The former president of Poland Lech Walesa, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, spoke about the Ongoing developments in the war in UkraineBy participating in Service launch In the Polish language of Euronews, in the Polish capital.
Walesa talked about the struggle of the Ukrainian people, who continues to support the burden of war after more than three years of Russian attacks.
Russia launched a great large -scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which led to most western nations to be help without a close ending for the fight.
The new administration of Washington, under the command of the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, is determined to change this situation and end the fighting. But contrary to what many expected, the continuation of the US support to Ukraine, the Trump government seemed to adopt a more favorable tone for Russia.
A meeting between Trump and the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, earlier this month washed after Trump, along with vice president JD Vance, having Repredid and shouted with Zelenskyy in the Oval Room of the White House.
Shortly after, Washington announced several cuts in his support for kyiv, such as interruption Share information and Suspension of military aid And financially, in an effort to press and force Zelenskyy to sit at the negotiating table without favorable guarantees.
Walesa expressed concern, warning that Ukraine obliges Ukraine to reach an agreement, with the aim of achieving peace, can have a very high price.
“I fear that they force Ukraine to make a bad treatment, but to look logically at the situation, it will be a waste of 6 to 10 years, according to my calculations, and then everything will be resolved,” Walesa told Euronews.
The former Polish leader also said that Ukraine is working to advance civilization, criticizing Vladimir Putin and Trump.
“What Ukraine is doing is due to the development of our civilization, what Russia and even Trump are doing is retrograde, it is a setback in development.”
Walesa also emphasized the need for European defenses to reinforce to combat Russian threat and prevent war from spreading to the entire region.
“We need to defend ourselves, we need to create protective umbrellas, but only to leave space for reflection, so that there is a systemic change, etc. This must be done, it is not about defeat or victory, because there will be no winners.
The former Polish head of state also mentioned that the emergence of populists and demagogues in Europe represents a great threat to democracy.
He appealed to the next generations to defend democracy and work hard to protect and maintain it.
