The summit in Paris to discuss European security and the crisis that has generated in the decisions of President Donald Trump ended Monday afternoon at the Eliseo Palace, with differences between Europeans about sending peace to Ukraine. Before the Macron Summit he maintained a telephone dialogue with Trump, whose details did not specify the Eliseo.
For three hours and under the call of President Emmanuel Macron, the leaders of Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, the European Union and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, discussed and differentiated themselves before a proposal of Sir Keir Starmer, British Prime Minister, who proposed to send peace troops to Ukraine if peace progressed. An idea that does not enthusiast all.
Ursula von der Layen, the European president, wanted to reconcile the differences. “Today in Paris we have reaffirmed that Ukraine deserves peace through force. A peace that respects its independence, its territorial integrity and that has strong security guarantees. Europe contributes the part that corresponds to military assistance to Ukraine. At the same time, we need an increase in defense in Europe ”said.
NATO general secretary, former Dutch premier Mark Rutte, said that “Europe is willing and has the will to strengthen, to take the initiative to offer security guarantees to Ukraine,” he said.
The reality is that there was never greater European military weakness since the end of the Cold War And Putin, with his 300,000 dead in Ukraine, his loss of infantry tanks, his outdated nuclear arsenal, can only appeal to terrorism or the hybrid or cybernetic war currently, according to strategy specialists.
Germany gets unmarked
A week after elections in Germany, German Chancellor, Olaf Scholz, considered “very inappropriate” Discuss the sending of troops to Ukraine now. The discussion at this stage “is totally premature and is not the right time to carry it out,” said Scholz, saying that he was “a little irritated by this debate”, after a crisis meeting in Paris aimed at showing a common position of European countries on Ukraine.
Also said at the German embassy that I didn’t want a “peace imposed on Ukraine”after a meeting between European leaders in the Elysium. “Ukraine cannot accept under any condition everything that is presented to him,” he insisted.
“Ukraine can have confidence in us”he promised, stating that Europeans “will continue to support” kyiv. “There can be no separation of responsibilities between the United States and Europe. NATO is about acting together, ”he added.
The British Prime Minister, who will see Donald Trump to Washington next week and would like to play a facilitator role between the United States and Europeans, said Sunday that Sunday I was willing to send troops to Ukraine “if necessary” to “contribute to security guarantees.” Sweden also said Monday that “it does not rule out” such deployment, in case of “a fair and lasting peace.”
Starmer said Monday that he wanted the United Kingdom and “All European allies will intensify” financing and training to defend Ukraine.
Speaking after the summit, he said: “Europe must play its role. I am willing to consider the possibility of compromising British forces on the ground along with others if there is a lasting peace agreement.” But there must be an American support because a guarantee of a guarantee of American security is the only way to dissuade Russia to attack Ukraine again.
“So I will go to Washington next week to meet with President Trump and discuss what we consider the key elements of a lasting peace. “
Starmer assured that the key issue is “Maintain the principle of peace through force” “Make sure Ukraine is in the strongest possible position.” He emphatically warned that the beginning of peace conversations could lead to a reduction in support to Ukraine.
“We need to accelerate the process,” he said. He added that it is the only way to ensure a “lasting, durable and fair agreement that ensures the sovereignty of Ukraine.”
“We have to recognize the new era, not to cling hopelessly to the past,” Starmer warned. He repeated that he is prepared to consider the commitment of British forces on the ground along with others. “Not only is the future of Ukraine at stake. It is an existential issue for Europe as a whole ”and a“ unique moment in a generation of collective security of our continent, ”he said. “Only a lasting peace in Ukraine that safeguards his sovereignty will deter Putin from greater aggression”Starmer warned.
The differences
Danish Mette Frederiksen specifically warned of a fire that would not be durable in Ukraine and I would simply give Russia to regroup and attack Ukraine or another European country.
“Russia is threatening all of Europe now, unfortunately,” he said, adding that There is no sign that Russia wants peace. He also said that a lasting peace agreement cannot be reached without the direct participation of Ukraine in the conversations. For her, European leaders should focus on what they can do in response to US conversations with Russia.
“The most important thing here and now is that the Ukrainians get more than they need so they don’t lose this war And so that they are in the best possible position, ”he said.
The Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk was at the summit. Poland can play an active role in helping Ukraine, but there is no troop display, Tusk clarified.
“Poland and the countries of the eastern flank are in a certain sense in the front line, border with Russia, Belarus and Ukraine torn by war. When it comes to Poland, the Baltic countries, We need European and allied investment in our security ”he analyzed. If these countries “are not sure, if they do not have the support of the entire alliance, they will not be able to effectively help Ukraine,” he said.
Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said Monday in Brussels that United States He will not impose an agreement to end the war. Keith Kellogg is expected to visit the NATO headquarters in Brussels on Monday, be in Ukraine on Wednesday for a three -day visit, during which he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodimyr Zelenski.
This trip will occur after The United States and Russia meet on Tuesday in Riyadh for a first contact high level from the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, in the absence of European officials.
The United States does not see Tuesday in Riad with a Russian delegation as the beginning of a “negotiation” on Ukraine, but as a continuation of the telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, according to the US State Department.