Europe's future in the hands of the US negotiators: diplomatic pressure is increasing!

Europe's future in the hands of the US negotiators: diplomatic pressure is increasing!

After a explosive phone call between US President Donald Trump and the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, the geopolitical chess board for peace in Ukraine plays an increasingly exciting role. Trump said that Russia was ready to negotiate the Ukraine conflict-and this from a position of fear, as Selenskyj reports. Putin would only make concessions because he sees a strong negotiating partner in Trump. In another conversation on February 12, Trump confirmed that both Putin and Selenskyj would like to prevent millions of dead in the war and promised to move both sides to a future meeting while he gave Selenskyj his personal cell phone number to promote direct contact, such as n-tv.de reported.

Europe's challenge

However, the situation and expectations of European partners are complicated by the statements and expectations that are concerned that they are pushed into the role of “vicarious agents” by the United States. Defense Minister Boris Pistorius questioned Trump by fearing a poorer basis for negotiating for the Europeans. He criticized the unreservedness of the United States and appealed that Europe had to take more responsibility for its own security. The discussion about a possible peace force also causes tensions: While some politicians favor an active role in such a mission in such a mission, others warn of the history and the legal implications of a military presence in Ukraine reports Vol.at .

The Munich Security Conference, which will start soon, could become a crucial moment. Not only the course for possible peace negotiations should be set here, but the course of NATO and European defense policy should also be fundamentally questioned. It remains to be seen which announcements Trump and the US delegation will give in response to geopolitical tensions and whether Europe is actually willing to bear more responsibility, while the threats from Moscow are still in the room.