If you want peace, prepare for war (If you want peace, prepare for war). The President of the European Council (the body that brings together the bloc’s governments and more will have its summit this Thursday and Friday), the Belgian liberal Charles Michel, published an article with this title in media across the continent on Tuesday.
Since February, since the Munich Security Conference, the appeals of senior national officials and leaders of European institutions have all followed the same tune: war with Russia is not inevitable, but it is possible and you have to prepare for that scenario. It’s not just about Ukraine, Russia wants to go further, diplomats believe.
The European chancellor, the Spanish-Argentine one Josep Borrellit was clear on Monday with the foreign ministers: Russia already operates in war economy mode and crushes the Ukrainian front every day with thousands of bullets.
Ukraine He has neither men nor weapons nor the ammunition needed to resist that attack in the coming months. If that front were to give way and Russian President Vladimir Putin appears victorious will want to go further and the war will get closer.
The Europeans they seem paralyzed: Strange is the government that it does not announce any red linesthe vast majority refuse to send troops to help the Ukrainians, even though everyone believes that if Ukraine falls then the others will leavearms shipments are insufficient and Moscow’s fear is evident, even if no one believes that Putin will use nuclear weapons.
France’s Emmanuel Macron sought to gain prominence by saying weeks ago that sending troops was not out of the question. Estonia (which he sees himself as a future Russian victim), Poland and the Czech Republic (whose new prime minister is a former NATO general).
With Italy and Spain in the background of this crisisGermany drags its feet and says no again. If you said it before Nothing to send tanks or fighter planes, now refuses to hand over some of its precious Taurus homing missiles at medium range which would greatly damage the Russian rear.
Europeans seem almost with the same fear as Washington, where Republicans block on Donald Trump’s orders the financial and military aid package prepared by the Biden administration. If the tycoon were to win the presidential elections in November, Europe fears that he will ignore the security of the old continent, thus violating the treaties that bind the United States as a member of NATO.
What will the European summit talk about?
The summit will talk about these fears, but also about concrete things, such as how to finance the military industry so that it is able to produce much faster.
The most cited plan is a new issue of common debt, such as that of the 750 billion euro fund that it was willing to finance the post-covid economic recovery, but Germany still says no. According to Borrell, because some They don’t realize the urgency of the moment.
Borrell is convinced of this Ukraine must win the war as soon as possible because it cannot sustain a much longer war even with the help of Europeans. But she doesn’t have the means and the Europeans are dragging their feet while the United States and the rest of the planet are stuck look without lifting a finger in addition to Iranian, North Korean and even Chinese aid in Russia.
Source: Clarin
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