Europe wants to demonstrate strength and unity before the recent displacement of the United States. The Summit of European Leaders held this Monday in Paris will address the future of security in Europe after the recent approach between US President Donald Trump, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Trump’s return to the White House has put the world upside down: imposing tariffs, applying a migratory policy that challenges legality and getting fully involved in the two main armed conflicts that affect Europe (the war in Ukraine and Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip).
Trump wants to end hostilities Without having the old continent, negotiating directly with Putin to end war in Ukraine and with Netanyahu to take gaza and carry out an ethnic cleaning in Palestine.
Its geopolitics goes through A divorce from Europe: With aggressive positions against those who have been their historical allies and an approach to authoritarian regimes such as Russia or China. If the Joe Biden government was that of cooperation with the EU, the Trump administration represents the opposite.
The main objectives of the summit in Paris
In this climate of tension with the United States, European leaders want combine positions for Europe to speak with one voice in the face of the fracture of transatlantic relationships.
Seven European countries (Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Italy, Poland, Netherlands and Denmark), the dome of the European Union and the NATO general secretary, Jens Stoltenberg, attend the appointment.
The main objectives That they will address in Paris are to define a common strategy on the conflict in Ukraine, strengthen European defense, review the role of Europe in peace negotiations and strengthen unity against recent international challenges.
The summit wants to ensure the central role of the European Union in geopolitical decisions after the first contact with the new US administration during the Munich Security Conference of this weekend.
The creation of a European Army
For his part, the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, put on the table in Munich The possibility of creating a European army And he advocated increasing European capacity for self -defense after expressing his fear that the United States could have become an unreliable partner.
Several countries have expressed their willingness to send peace forces to Ukraine to guarantee security in the country. The British prime minister, Keir Starmer, has assured that the United Kingdom is willing to deploy troops in the region as part of a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.
Likewise, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristerson, has indicated that his country would consider contributing peace forces, although he insisted on the need for negotiations to advance before carrying out any measure.
Russian attacks on Ukraine continue
While international diplomacy debates on a peaceful resolution in Ukraine, Russia continues its offensive. Ukraine authorities assure have knocked more than 80 drones launched during the early hours of this Monday against their territory.
The Ukrainian Air Force has reported in a statement published in its telegram account that Russian troops have launched about 150 drones, 83 of which have been intercepted, while another 59 “have been lost during their tour, without negative consequences” .
