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“The main opposition party … is not against continuing our ammunition initiative. … I think that the ammunition initiative won’t be jeopardized in any way,” Pavel said. “They only put a great emphasis on transparency of the process, which obviously is very justified.”
Karel Havlíček, ANO deputy chairman, didn’t deny the blockurances that Pavel said he obtained, but stressed the ammunition deal is “non-transparent.”
“Based on the information we have, there are inappropriate profit margins, poor quality and questionable suppliers involved. For these reasons, it should be managed at the NATO level,” Havlíček told POLITICO, saying the party planned to file a criminal complaint over how the government of Prime Minister Petr Fiala has managed the program.
Pavel’s effort to ensure that shells continue to flow to Kyiv despite any political turmoil at home is part of a larger program of buttressing European security in the face of growing geopolitical tensions driven by fear of Russia and worry about the U.S. stepping back from its security commitments under Donald Trump.
Boosting Europe in NATO
Pavel, a former army general who has also served as chair of the NATO Military Committee, called for Europe to beef up its own defense efforts to be able to work independently of the U.S. but “not necessarily separately.”
The “time has come … to stop relying on anyone and to be finally our own masters in Europe,” he said. The aim is to have a European pillar within NATO capable of “operations with Americans, if they wish so, or without if they are busy elsewhere.”
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