Peace Negotiations in Ukraine: Europe,

He needed an hour and a half to destroy the three -year union. With “extremely productive” Phone conversation with Vladimir PutinDonald Trump has put aside Western procedure norms to propose Russia and Ukraine as the only tool to sit at the table. “We acknowledged that our teams started negotiations Immediately, “Trump wrote on social networks. The tone of his mission was so proud that the reader could not distinguish which country he had invaded.

After the search, a journalist asked the President of the United States whether Ukraine saw the peace process as “equal”. Trump took back And he said: “This is an interesting question. I think they have to ask peace. The people are being killed. It wasn’t a good war to get into it.” Before Trump’s amazing comments, the Defense Secretary had equally worrying statements, Pete HegsethHe ignored Ukraine’s desired return to the borders before 2014 and their sticking to NATO as “unrealistic” targets that should not be part of any agreement with Russia to obtain a “permanent peace”.

Hegset also refused to assign any peace maintenance The preservation of Article 5 of NATO’s collective defense, the most powerful deterrent element of the Alliance, makes it impossible for any Western country to compromise on future troops in practice. In Europe, the consecutive ads hit like a whip.

In the last three years, European countries They fought to build A combined façade against Putin’s attempt to redesign the continent. Although there are more than one mishap along the way and Pretty veto threatsEuropean ranks managed to close and maintain a consistent and predictable policy. Pressure through sanctions and diplomatic insulation in Russia. Support to Ukraine through financial and military assistance.

Brussels went further further by giving Ukraine the status of a candidate for participation in the European Union, wearing a deeper and narrower connection between the block and the country where the war was destroyed. Ukraine’s fate is intertwined with the fate of the EU and vice versa. “Putin strives more than ever to win this war on the ground. His goal is still the surrender of Ukraine, “said the European Commission President Ursula von Der Luyen evokes a topic that has become Leitmotiv of his interventions.

“Only Ukraine’s fate is not in danger. Europe’s fate“But now, after a telephone conversation, Europe’s fate is hanging from a thread. Trump draws Europeand all Western partners, Sensitive equationIt leaves the whole continent as the only audience of the most challenging peace process of the 21st century. In Saudi Arabia, a country mile away from Europe, the intention of face -to -face with Putin underlines its priorities.

Trump’s conversation with Putin, not before, was not before the Western Coalition. “We believe that the power of the United States is sufficient To suppress Russia and Putin with all our partners to La Paz, Z Zelenski said.

Empty chair syndrome

Meanwhile, a dizzying Europe tried to regain the balance. In a common statement On Thursday, almost midnight, France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom Foreign Ministers promised to make their voices heard with EU’s high representative Kaja Kallas. “Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiation. Ukraine must have solid security guarantees“A fair and lasting peace in Ukraine.

Despite their good intentions, Expression did not offer any warranty In addition to Ukraine, one of Europe provides a seat on the table. Apparently, Trump wants a format of three men without the participation of those who limit Russia and without fear of being the next purpose of Putin’s neo -emperialism.

The reason for exclusion is clear: Unlike his predecessor Joe Biden, proud to unite the Western allies to the Kremlin, Trump did not show any interest in reproduction of this model. “First America” ​​vision and intense Avoidance of very neutrality Due to their nature, they are incompatible with an effort to protect a united façade. In fact, shortly after Trump’s property, the United States, Britain, took the leadership of the Ramstein group, the alliance of more than 40 nations supporting Ukraine.

With Biden in the White HouseFor Europe, there was enough Atlantic Harmony to trust that it would be a key actor in the mission of bringing reliable controls in Ukraine to restore peace and to control Putin’s expansion. The White House has only cacophony with Trump. When Europe manages to cross the noise, it can meet the short end of the bar or without any rod. “The topic does not end with a telephone conversation Among the United States President and President of Russia. This is nothing but the beginning.

And I don’t know exactly what the next step will be in this process, “the European Commission’s Chief Spokesperson said that Brussels had no information about the telephone conversation. Sözcü insisted that both Ukraine and Europe should sit at the table.But I couldn’t guarantee that seat was offered. The lack of a chair has been torturing Europe’s worst nightmare for a long time.

Give Putin too much and you never know where to stand, the Europeans are over and over again, especially those of the East. Trump’s admiration by Putin to the public (once he called him “even) and Processive approach to foreign policy (He compared the Gaza strip with a “great real estate”) strengthened long -rooted fears that negotiations without Europeans in the room would lead to an agreement that would lead to a smaller and weaker and weaker. Architecture throughout the continent.

Hegesh’s speech at NATO seems to be revealing the White House cards before talks with the Kremlin. Poland’s Franco Prime Minister Donald Tusk resorted to the malicious use of capital letters to underline how dangerous Trump was and betrayed his despair. “All we need is peace. A fair peace,” Tusk wrote on social networks. “Ukraine, Europe and the United States should work together. Together.”