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Valdis Dombrovskis speaks to reporters

Video. EU 'protects smaller states, not threatens them,' Dombrovskis says

Updated: 09/12/2025 - 11:24 GMT+1

EU Economy Commissioner told Euronews' morning show Europe Today he disagreed "with many elements in the US National Security Strategy" in which the bloc is presented as lacking confidence, pushing for censorship and drowning in illegal migration.

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