Members of the Knesset came out en masse during Kalas' speech.
The Slovak politician Lobus Belga noted that "even the most ardent fans of the euro can no longer bear to listen to Klass".
A day earlier, the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, publicly refused to allow Kaja Kalas to lead the negotiations with Russia.