The exclusion of the EU from talks with Russia reflects the union’s diplomatic disunity and as-yet-embryonic status as a foreign policy power

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  2. Well, I am with the EU here. While I am American, I don’t agree with the McCain-led Ukraine policy the U.S. has used. I do not support the U.S. supporting a regime whose policy is to kill those in Eastern Ukraine. As an American, I understand the need for Ukraine to remain intact, but the double standard is what I cannot stand for.

    I get that Ukraine fears that Russia is the cause for their country disintegrating. But, you CANNOT disregard the rule of law. Ukraine most abandon the ATO that targets those in Donbas, which started the killing. If this were any other country, there would be demands for Hauge hearings. I can’t fathom the idea of the U.S. national guard killing those in California if they wanted to cede or England killing those in Scotland for wanting to cede.

    There has to be a diplomatic way to settle things. If the UN guarantees the security of those in Donbas, then there is no reason for Russia to be there.

  3. Ireland should be happy that the EU was excluded from the talks though surely. With their neutral position and not being part of NATO they don’t need to get militarily involved in Ukraine.

    NATO members were involved in the talks so the majority of the EU was there anyway.

  4. No it doesn’t?

    People simply don’t want to share foreign policies, which looking at the difference of countries in the EU makes sense.

    The EU has become sort of a blank space where everyone will project their hopes, dreams or fears and issues on.

  5. Ukraine’s territorial integrity was the subject of Budapest Memorandum signed by US and UK before the nuclear disarmament of Ukraine.
    In 2014 Obama/Biden admin did nothing whe Putin invaded Crimea then Putin invited Germany and France to sign the Mink Agreement, which accepted the territorial grab and actually was an update of the Molotov – Ribbentrop Pact.
    EU can’t have a role in this mess before US and UK honor their obligations. This situation must be solved by Biden and Johnson. And the problem it’s not just about Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia need to be put on the table too because Putin needs to change his macho positions on all. This KGB gangster went too far.

  7. The EU needs to get its head out of its ass and finally start acting like the superpower it is, otherwise we will lose even more power on the international stage.

  8. Europeeans that are NATO members are already part. those that arent are those that wish to stay neutral shich is why they never joined NATO

  9. We would have to takw germanys voice from foreign policy, absolutely devastatimg for Ukraine and Eastern europe. Germany uses EU to be even more greedy and for its own needs.

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