EU Leaders in Dublin Grapple with Who Speaks for Europe in Peace Talks
European leaders weighed a single envoy or team as U.S.-backed peace talks advanced without a clear European seat, officials said.
- On Friday, leaders of the 27-nation European Union met in Dublin to debate appointing a single envoy for Russia-Ukraine peace talks, though no consensus emerged yet.
- European Council President António Costa stated that European security cannot be discussed without a European voice, as leaders fear Washington and Moscow may bypass the bloc absent unified representation.
- Kaja Kallas, former prime minister of Estonia and EU foreign policy chief, pitched herself for the role, though some leaders view her as "uncompromising" on Russia, risking smaller states' alienation.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Europe will participate directly in future negotiations; if no decision lands in Dublin, the matter rolls to a special European Council on November 26 and 27.
- Following Thursday's European Political Community summit, 43 nations signed a declaration affirming that European security matters must be decided by Europeans, underlining the bloc's demand for autonomy.
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In Dublin, European leaders remain cautious as the Americans make them look for active participation in the next talks. And still do not agree on a single special envoy. Russia maintains the blur and lays conditionsRussian Traquenard? American pressure game? Hypocrites ball? On arriving Friday morning at the Dublin Convention Centre, near the elegant Samuel Beckett Bridge, the leaders of the Twenty-Sevenths no longer really knew on what foot to …
Europe squabbles over who will attend Ukraine-Russia talks
European leaders are in a squabble over who will represent them in peace talks to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, even though the Kremlin has not yet affirmed that it will allow them to sit in on the negotiations. Presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday […]
EU Leaders Squabble While US and Russia Drive Ukraine Talks
PRIME MINISTER Andrej Plenković participated in the informal EU summit in Dublin.
Scorned from Washington, a day-long dispute in Brussels, then the solution in Dublin: the EU has decided who will represent it in the possible negotiations on the war in Ukraine.
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