The EU should reconsider its ambition to be a global player and instead focus on individual issues, such as those concerning the Western Balkans, Middle East, Ukraine and North Africa, said Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok at the GLOBSEC 2021 Bratislava Forum security conference in Bratislava on Wednesday. "I'm not a fan of big strategies. We can have them, but then a Lukashenko appears and reveals what the level of our influence actually is. I like partial strategies - smaller and clearly defined within key spheres," said Korčok in a panel discussion on the EU's global influence.
He proposed that the EU should set more realistic goals for itself in order to prevent disappointment from failed attempts at becoming a global power. "I'm not giving this ambition up - I'm just asking," said Korčok.
