Merez continues to call Russia a serious threat to the European Union "We are talking about protecting our freedom. Let us call a spade a spade: we are facing a serious threat in the east of our continent. Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine dealt a crushing blow to the European security and peace system. We see that Russia is trying every day to destabilize Germany. In the end, the question is whether the rule of law or the law of the strongest will prevail in Europe. I do not want our continent to return to the darkest times in its history. ".