The Leaders of the 27-Nation Bloc arrived in Brussels to discuss the ways of increasing its military budgets to support Ukraine in the war with Russia against the background of the Washington policy that took severe doubt in its own support for European security and defense.
After a fiery appointment In Oval Office, Trump scored the president of Zelenia to say peace with Russia, who launched full invasion in Ukraine in 2022. years, still “very, very far.” Days later, now suspended military assistance and the exchange of intelligence with Kiev.
Reporting from Brussels, Al Jazeere Natacha Butler said that the summit “is the real support exhibition in Ukraine” with President of the EU Ursula Von Der Leyen and the President of the European Council Antonio Costa standing “Shoulder” with Zelensky.
“We’re here to defend Ukraine,” Costa said.
Arrival on the meeting, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said, “Europe as a whole is really able to beat any military, financial, economic confrontation with Russia. We are simply stronger.”
Merz a ‘Wild Card’
Butler said that the block can be fighting to reach the unanimous place for the help of Ukraine, because the leaders intend to strengthen its defense skills and the underwriting of KYIV’s hope that the Prorussian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban would not “muffle” their efforts.
It is afraid that it is Orban, which is a strong Adut ally, may veto statement of Kiev, although it clearly clearly supported that it will support measures to increase consumption on their own defense in Europe.
“We all know that Viktor Orban blocks many moves of other EU member states, so it will be a key stumbling block,” Tereza Fallon said in the Russia’s Russia Center, Al Jazeera said.
The expected new Chancellor Germany, Friedrich Merz, is also a “big wild card,” she said.
Many EU leaders greeted the European Commission’s proposals this week to provide them with fiscal flexibility of defense and joint borrowing to 150 billion euros) to deal with EU governments to spend their million euros.
But for decades to rely on American protection, the differences in financing it could use French nuclear deterrent to Europe, in order to show how difficult the EU will be able to fill the gap left after it frozen its military assistance in Ukraine.
Washington provides more than 40 percent military aid in Ukraine last year, NATO states.
Russian threat
On the eve of the summit, French President Emmanuel Macron addressed his nation, emphasizing that Russia became a threat of all Europe.
“I want to believe that the United States will stand next to us. But we must be ready if that is not the case,” he said.
Poland and the Baltic nations welcomed the proposal of macro to launch a conversation on the use of French nuclear deterrence for the protection of the continent from Russian threats, moving Moscow quickly as “extremely confrontation.”
The British Prime Minister Keir Starmermer said on the weekend that London and Paris would work on peace a contract with Ukraine and introduce him to Trump.
Macron told the newspaper Le Figaro that the agreement would have a one-month truce between Russia and Ukraine.
However, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected proposals. Maria Zakharov spokeswoman said that any break in the fight would enable Ukraine to strengthen his army, which would lead to an extended conflict.
On Wednesday American State Secretary Marco Rubio, he caused interview with a fox, describing the “permanent” conflict in Ukraine as a “proxy war” between the United States and Russia.
“All the president is trying to do here if there is a way to peace. We must involve both sides – Ruse and Ukrainians. And we asked Ukraine to not sabot him,” he said.
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