The BBC portal wonders if Europe will be able to make a single front on safety spending, the future of Ukraine and the possible sending of their troops there to force for themselves a place at the negotiating table.
During Monday's Paris meeting, European leaders They'll start talking about Trump's 2 key demands.: for Europe to spend more on its own safety and for Ukraine to send its forces there after the ceasefire.
European leaders insist on direct participation of Ukraine in peace talks and have long expressed the view that no decisions on Ukraine should be taken without it. However, according to the BBC, there will be an even more crucial issue in Paris, related to the “terrifying but not unexpected” realization that Trump's administration does not prioritise or defend relations with partners in Europe
A summit in Paris. Discussion of sending troops to Ukraine
Since planet War II Europe was based on the safety umbrella provided by the US – reminded the portal. However, there is now a concern that depending on how much talks with the US dare Putin, the safety architecture of the continent can change. Putin opposes NATO's expansion to the east, and the Baltic countries and Poland feel peculiarly susceptible – the British broadcaster emphasizes.
Only those countries with military force will participate in the summit on Monday: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and Denmark (representing the Baltic and Nordic countries) and the president of the European Council Antonio Costa and NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, writes the BBC.
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However, according to the portal even in this group of decisions on a concrete increase in defence spending will be hard or even impossible. Poland is planning to spend 4.47% of GDP on these targets this year, and the UK is trying to scope the 2.5% ceiling. However, the leaders can, said the BBC, commit to better coordination and undertake to implement most of Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.
An crucial issue in Paris will besides be sending military forces to Ukraine, which They would be stationed in the back of the line of possible ceasefire alternatively than on it. These forces would strengthen convictionthat Ukraine has not been left to itself, show to the US that Europe is "fulfilling its part of its commitment" to defend the continent, and to give a informing to Moscow that if it breaks a possible ceasefire, it will not only deal with Kiev.
However, this thought is controversial and will not necessarily find support among voters. In Italy, for example, half of the public opinion pollers does not want to send Ukraine further arms suppliesSo she would not want to send her sons, daughters, sisters and brothers there," the portal noted.
A summit in Paris. European leaders on peace in Ukraine
It is besides not known how many forces would be sent by individual European countriesAs long as they were stationed in Ukraine and who was to lead them. It is besides unclear the function to be played: if Russia had broken the ceasefire, European soldiers would have become organization to the war on Russia and whether the US would have supported them. Europe would like a safety warrant from the US, but it does not request to get it. – assessed the BBC.
According to Julianne Smith, until late U.S. Ambassador to NATO, a Parisian gathering will not give European leaders strong adequate cards to request participation in negotiations for the future of Ukraine.
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However, if the US decides to turn distant from Ukraine and Europe in a broad sense of security, European states will gotta importantly increase their efforts to defend themselves, "because even if Trump does not pay attention to it, Vladimir Putin surely does," said the BBC.
On Monday there will be a gathering of the leaders of the European countries in Paris on peace in Ukraine. The summit was held shortly after the Munich safety Conference, on which he besides performed U.S. Vice president J.D. Vance and peculiar Envoy Donald Trump for Ukraine General Keith Kellogg. Both in their speeches signalled that the United States would participate in negotiations with Russia, but they would not invitation European leaders.
