Europe seeks its site to the plans of the president of the United States (USA), Donald Trumpand his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putinfor the future of Ukraine. This has been reflected in the informal summit convened on Monday in Paris in which the guest leaders – in the words of Pedro Sánchez – have not gone to “make any decision”, but to “Reflect, discuss and exchange opinions on peace in Ukraine and security in Europe”. The end is clear, but how to carry it out not so much.
Just before this meeting, attended by the leaders of Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Netherlands, Spain and Denmark, the host, Emmanuel Macron, has spoken with the Republican for 20 minutes, although the content of the conversation is an unknown. Although of the meeting in which the European Union (EU) With Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen, some lines have been revealed, at least what he has tried.
The point where they all coincide is that peace in Ukraine must be fair and lastingin addition to the fact that the Ukrainians must involve in their process that, in turn, also AGENCE The unit of a Europe that is presented Dubitativeat least of doors out when making decisions. They also agree that it is necessary to raise the expense in defense, but, again, not so much in way of doing so.
On the one hand, some defend this issue to the national budgets of each State, while on the other, there are voices that consider that the new European defense strategy must come from the hand of other joint mechanisms to finance the necessary investments. Precisely, this line is the one defended by the Spanish president Pedro Sánchez after attending the meeting. Another of the options that are considered in terms of raising the defense spending come from Macron, who has defended the possibility of issuing joint debt through Eurobones.
Sanchez has also talked about fiscal flexibility on the part of the group, in line with his German counterpart, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The German, who was the first to leave the meeting, because he had Electoral commitments in Germanydefended that if an EU country “wants to spend more than 2% (its GDP) in defense”, that additional expense It is not hindered by the rules of the European blocwhich ask that the public deficit of the Member States be less than 3% of GDP.
Guarantee security yes, but not with troops
It is also common in Europe that Ukraine must guarantee its safety after possible peace agreement. Even the general secretary of the NATOMark Rutte -also an informal summit assistant -has assured that Europe is “prepared and willing” To take “a step forward” and “lead” security guarantees for Ukraine, just as to invest “much more” in defense.
Another of the points addressed on Monday has been the sending of troops to Ukraine to what both Sánchez and Scholz have refused for not considering that it is time to do so. Both consider that it is “The erroneous moment”, since “there is still war in the country” where “there are soldiers defending the independence and security of their country and the European model.” Nor was the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk favorable, who assured that Warsovia does not plan to “send Polish soldiers to Ukraine.”
In the opposite position is the United Kingdom Prime Minister, Keir Starmerwho was in favor of studying this hypothesis, just as other countries not present in Paris, such as Sweden. “Europe must play its role and I am willing to consider the possibility of compromising British forces on the field along with others if a durable peace agreement is reached,” said Starmer. A few words that generated optimism among the Ukrainian population, which It was diluted to know the rest of the positions of European leaders.
Some actions at all clear that in the eyes of the Hungarian president, Viktor Orban, they are already late because Europe lost the occasion “in which they could have taken initiatives” in the face of the conflict, in which he says “they have been stuck in the support of the support of the support of the support of the war”. Now, Orbán regrets that community countries will have to observe “how the affairs of the world are fixed without them”, in reference to the Conversations between the US and Russia in Riyadh planned for this Tuesday. There, in the Saudi capital the future of Ukraine will be debated, but without Ukraine.
Decide the future of Ukraine … without Ukraine
Some conversations starring the secretary of US states, Marco Rubio, and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. According to the Reuters agency, the Americans The peace agreements will not be imposed on Ukraine That they could be derived from this meeting, although if so, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, has already advanced that he will not recognize them.
Of course, Zelenski has also launched a warning to NATO countries, which says They could be threatened by Russiabecause its intelligence services, Putin would be doing military exercises with 150,000 soldiers in Belarus. While he does not venture to confirm that Kremlin wants to attack Europe, remember that the Ukrainian invasion was also preceded by military training.
That is why, for him, it is more necessary than ever a European army, since in his eyes, you cannot “Discard the possibility that the US says ‘no’ to Europe in matters that threaten it”. He even assured that “many, many leaders have talked about Europe needing their own army. I really think the moment has come: The European Armed Forces must be created”
Source: Lasexta
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