Evropski kaos, ki se je ponovno demonstriral prejšnji konec tedna, seveda nikogar ne preseneča. Razen morda evropskih politikov. Je tipično stanje za disfunkcionalno EU. Na evropskem vrhu, ki naj bi trajal dva dni, so hoteli potrditi 40 milijardni paket vojaške pomoči za Ukrajino, vendar so pozabili, da morajo vse podrobnosti dogovoriti pred sestankom in da je sestanek namenjen zgolj slikanju ob podpisu dogovora. Nič ni bilo iz dogovora o 40 milijardah evrov pomoči. Iz 40 milijard se je izcimil predlog o 5 milijardah evrov, vendar tudi o tem ni bilo dogovora. Kajti večina držav ne bi dala svojega denarja, nekatere bi dale evropski denar, nekatere bi dale orožje. Potreben bo nov evropski vrh na to temo.

Podobna zgodba je bila glede pogajalskega procesa – evroposki politiki so se pritoževali, da se Trump in Putin pogovarjata mimo njih in da niso vključeni v ppgajalski proces, nakar se niso mogli dogovoriti, kdo bi se sploh ppgajal v imenu EU. Zunanjepolitična predstavnica  EU Kaja Kallas se je počutila prizadeto, ker niso pomislili, da bi to lahko bila ona.

Ob tem je zanimiva ambicija, da bi se na nevarnost ruske agresije v tako disfunkcionalni Evropi radi pripravili v obdobju 10 let. Torej se morajo s Putinom dogovoriti, da naj počaka 10 let, preden se odloči napasti Nemčijo ali kogarkoli pač.

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For a brief moment there, it seemed that the performative threat of an “imminent invasion” by Putin would make the European Union less dysfunctional than it always is (and indeed, when it comes to agreeing to have German debt fund everyone’s prosperity for a few years, if it meant agreeing that “Putin man bad”, with hundreds of billions in new debt issuance, there was shocking agreement across Europe). It didn’t last however, and on Thursday EU leaders tussled over weapons deliveries to Kyiv and who would represent them in US-led diplomacy as the bloc struggled to formulate a strategy on Ukraine.

As Bloomberg reports, an EU summit in Brussels was unable to agree on delivering €5 billion ($5.4 billion) to secure ammunition for Ukraine this year, as members including France and Italy balked at committing to specific financial volumes. A number of European leaders will meet again in Paris on March 27 to try to drive the process forward, but they too will fail to agree (unless Germany agrees to foot the entire bill).

“The objective for me on Thursday is first of all for there to be a renewed and explicit commitment, and perhaps one that is a little more specific, on short-term support for Ukraine,” French President Emmanuel Macron said late Thursday as leaders filed out, and Macron failed to achieve his objective.

Leaders have become increasingly alarmed about being kept out of Trump’s dealing with the Kremlin, and the risk of being unable to agree on how to help Ukraine defend itself. During the summit, they pored over the sequence of Trump’s phone diplomacy this week, which yielded an agreement to halt attacks on energy infrastructure, but fell well short of a ceasefire aimed at ending the three-year war.

EU leaders also sparred over the failure so far to put forward a senior figure as part of a bid to gain entry into the process and represent the 27-member bloc. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said the EU needed a “negotiating team and a representative” to be at the table. 

Because nobody has accused a bunch of socialists to be able to agree. On anything. Ever.

It got funnier: so enamored is Europe with its performative “stand” against an imminent Russian invasion that people don’t even remember what their roles are, and instead rising tensions led to a heated exchange between Sanchez and the EU’s foreign policy chief and rabid Russophobe, Kaja Kallas. 

When the Spanish leader repeated his call for a special envoy in the closed-door meeting, Kallas took offense.

“What am I here for?” she said, according to accounts of multiple people briefed on the discussion. Insert anti-feminist joke here. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meanwhile did what he always does, and begged for another €5 billion for a few more villas in Dubai to purchase ammunition “as soon as possible,” making reference to a massive overnight drone strike over Ukraine (while ignoring the drone strike he ordered in Sudzha to make sure the war keeps going).

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But just because yesterday was a disaster, it doesn’t mean that EU bureaucrats and socialists can’t meet again to enjoy some more fine taxpayer-funded dining: next week’s Paris meeting will address Europe’s position and demands on the peace process, according to people familiar with the plans. Germany, Italy and Poland will be some of the EU countries involved, as well as non-EU nations such as the UK and Canada. Yes… that Canada.

Kallas put forward a proposal earlier this year for EU members to deliver as much as €40 billion in military aid in 2025, stepping up after €20 billion flowed to Kyiv in 2024. Assistance would be voluntary, but participants would be encouraged to make contributions in cash or equipment in proportion to their respective economies.

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The EU and its member states have dispatched €50 billion in military support to Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. The US has committed $66.5 billion — or about €11 billion more — in that time frame.

Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orban maintained its resistance to helping Ukraine. But efforts to win over Orban for an agreement of all 27 states, a familiar set piece for summits. were dropped. For the second straight meeting, leaders were resigned to move ahead without Budapest.

At the end of the day, in hopes of deflecting from the return of glorious European dysfunction, Macron turned attention to the common enemy and said that “Russia does not sincerely want peace at this stage,” lamenting Putin’s refusal to agree to a ceasefire, one that he hopes is a “temporary refusal.”

And as always, everything Europe says is a projection, because while lamenting that Russia “does not want a ceasefire”, Europe is bracing for not one but two five-year plans in which to milk German debt capacity to the hilt, but not to steal and embezzle the funds, nooooo. It will all be used to fund “defense”. the only thing is Europe will need at least 5-10 years of solid German debt milking before it is content. And that very belligerent Vladimir Putin, who will not agree to a ceasefire and just can’t wait to invade Europe, will supposedly wait 5 to 10 years before he does invade Europe… just to give the ECB enough time to monetize the €1 trillion in debt that Germany is about to issue.

Vir:  Zerohedge