NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Joane claims that there is a way for Romania to finally “escape” from the “periphery of Europe”, showing that in the coming years Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkans “will be part of the European family and the Euro-Atlantic family” “, and our country will no longer be the “eastern border of the West”, reports Agerpres.

• “It will be a difficult thing, but for me it is an extremely obvious thing. Maps are redistributed to political and geopolitical influence, economic and commercial influence, reputation, and centrality in Europe and the world. I think that there is a way for Romania to finally escape from the periphery of Europe and go to the center of Europe. From a geographical point of view, the war in Ukraine, which will last for some time, has an indirect but very direct effect on the balance of Europe, the fact that (.. .) in the coming years, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, Georgia and the Western Balkans, all the neighbors of Romania will be part of the European family and the Euro-Atlantic family. It will be difficult, but I am convinced that for the first time we will have all our neighbors (in the European family – not) , and Romania is no longer the eastern border of the West, Romania is geographically much more in the center. of Europe,” Joane explained.

He noted that Romania’s level of ambition could be to “no longer be a periphery, a province and newcomers in Europe”, but “to be in the political center where important decisions are made”.

• “The bottom line is that nobody invites you to sit at the decision-making table if you don’t have the place you deserve. We must start protecting our interests, promoting ourselves. In my book I also talk about the quadrangle that I see in Europe: France – Germany – Poland – Romania This is a natural quadrangle The two largest countries in Western Europe and the two largest countries here By 2030, as proposed by President Maia Sandu, the Republic of Moldova will be in the European Union together with Romania. In itself, this is an extremely important moment for the national history of Romania,” added Mircea Joane.

Joane presented his book “The Battle for the Future of Romania” in Timisoara on Saturday. Thoughts of a Romanian at the top of NATO”, the message of which, according to the author, is that our ancestors also had problems, but they knew how to break ranks in historical moments.

• “I think it’s time for us to come together, regardless of political affiliation, personal preference, social status, address on the ballot, the faith we share. This is a moment we cannot afford to miss. Explanation to the title that in the history of nations and in the modern history of Romania, there are moments when history becomes much accelerated and excited, transformational. We are experiencing a similar moment (the one that happened after the collapse of the USSR – no) of geopolitical earthquake, complicated and accelerated by the fact that we have technological revolutions that are happening with great speed and impact on society, being the most transformative moment in the history of humanity and modern Romania. I am talking about the paradox of Romania.

We are at the best moment in our national history, in NATO, in the EU, when national security checks have been resolved, but we are also facing very difficult problems related to the outflow of youth, a sharp decrease in population, which we are not ready for either politically or economically, nor as a society in the face of this technological shock that is coming our way,” Mircea Joane said.