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Beginning with within the center with European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen, after which clockwise: EU Council President Antônio Costa; Italian PM Giorgia Meloni; Dutch PM Dick Schoof; Denmark PM Mette Frederiksen; German Chancellor Olaf Scholz; French President Emmanuel Macron; Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez; British PM Keir Starmer; Polish PM Donald Tusk and NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte.
They met in a rush, foolishly attempting to steal the thunder of tomorrow’s historic US-Russia negotiations in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Out of those eleven leaders, the overwhelming majority signify the failed, decadent and albeit outgoing Globalist-liberal institution – I believe solely Meloni, Schoof and Rutte escape this characterization.
Meloni’s face brought on nice leisure on-line, as many X consumer notices how depressing she appears to be like to be within the low-quality group.
It surprises completely no-one that they didn’t arrive at any instant programs of motion: they’re Eurocrats, they most likely want a committee to nominate a subcommittee… possibly they will concern a strongly-worded letter.
Within the Reuters report under – completely pro-European liberals – we study that they mentioned greater protection spending and remained divided on the potential deployment of peacekeepers to Ukraine to again up any peace deal.
Wait a minute: have been they not going to create an entire new negotiating avenue, possibly even maintain the conflict going? They wished ‘a spot on the desk’. Now that they had the entire desk. However for what?
This summing-up appears very very like the NATO Secretary Common Mark Rutte suggested yesterday: submit new concepts, enhance protection spending dramatically.
The one concept that was commented exterior the assembly was sending European ‘peacekeepers’ – UK and France are eager; Poland and Germany won’t ship.
[In fact, it doesn’t matter, because Russia will not accept EU troops, so far Chinese and Brazilian troops have been floated.]
Beneath are some Reuters quotes from European leaders after leaving the assembly on the Elysee Palace.
Scholz mentioned: “As we speak’s casual assembly of European leaders was a significant first step in responding to that problem on protection. […] We’re on the very early stage of the method.”
Poland’s Tusk: “This assembly additionally confirmed that our European companions understand that the time has come for a a lot higher skill for Europe to defend itself.”
Mette Frederiksen took a breather from the US menace to Greenland: “All Europeans need to step up in relation to Ukraine, and on the similar time step up protection spending at residence, as a result of Russia is threatening all of Europe now, sadly.”
European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen: “As we speak in Paris we reaffirmed that Ukraine deserves peace by way of power. Peace respectful of its independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, with sturdy safety ensures. Europe carries its full share of the army help to Ukraine. On the similar time we’d like a surge in protection in Europe.”
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