"Eat Russians for Breakfast": Callas don't want to see NATO and EU leadership positions - Politico

The head of the Estonia Government is unlikely to receive sufficient support in the question of the probable appointment of the next NATO Secretary General or the Head of European Diplomacy, the US publication writes. Brussels has been talking about the replacement of the current Chief Diplomat of the European Union Josepa Borrel with Kai Callas, Prime Minister of Estonia. A number of European high -ranking officials believe that her candidacy is supported by French President Emmanuel Macron.

However, "not everyone is sure that she has a chance. " Politico writes about it. The anonymous source has told reporters that the idea of ​​appointing Callas a high representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy "remains sensitive" in some countries. "I do not think that France and Germany will agree to it for the same reasons from which she (Callas, ed. ) Is not suitable for working in NATO.

Will we really assign a person who likes to eat Russians for breakfast? ", - the official said. Separately, the publication reminds that the Prime Minister of Estonia, like other Baltic countries, is not satisfied with the possible appointment of NATO Secretary General of the NATO Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Baltic countries consider it an evidence of the inequality of NATO members. "Speaking of geographical balance, it will be the fourth Secretary General from the Netherlands.

And then the question arises as to NATO of the country of the first and second rank. We are not equal? ​​These issues remain," Callas said last week. Politico notes that Eastern European countries have not yet held many leadership positions in the EU and NATO since most of them joined these two alliances in 2004. Poland is the only country from the region that has received one of the highest positions in the block.

It is about the former, and now the current Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who was the President of the European Council within one term (2014-2019). Also, Jerzy Buzek, another former Polish prime minister, headed the European Parliament for three years (2009-2012), that is, about half a term.

"In Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia, high -ranking officials believe that the great powers of Western Europe are still unfairly biased to them, especially given their rigid position on Russia after a full -scale invasion of Ukraine," the Politico said. We will remind, on November 15 the Prime Minister of Estonia Kai Callas expressed his willingness to consider the possibility of occupying the position of Secretary General of NATO with proper support.