
G5+ Security Summit: Bold Talk, No Action
“We are ready to exert more pressure on Russia using all available instruments,” declared the Madrid meeting’s final communiqué. But how?
“We are ready to exert more pressure on Russia using all available instruments,” declared the Madrid meeting’s final communiqué. But how?
A touch of diversity was added by the Islamist leader by appointing ministers from minority population groups.
Despite the EU’s foreign policy chief’s claims about “broad political support,” opposition from France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal has derailed Brussels’ ambitious military package.
As Brussels pushes for urgent military aid to Ukraine, divisions deepen over funding, with bigger economies resisting calls to pay the most.
Foreign policy decisions should be reserved for member states, but EU treaties mean little to von der Leyen’s hyper-centralized Commission.
EU leaders push for soaring defence budgets while funding Ukraine indefinitely.
The Commission thinks enlargement in the next five years is realistic. “All this is happening thanks to the Hungarian presidency,” the Albanian PM commented.
Western geopolitical interests require a relationship with the ruling HTS despite it being a designated terrorist organization.
Brussels’ leftist-liberal elite has been determined to punish the country’s ruling conservative party.
Kaja Kallas’ party has lost support over progressive policies and perceived hypocrisy.