Third EU Emergency Ukraine Support Summit Flops
March 6, 2025 (EIRNS)—The insanity of the EU leaders, dreaming up ways of winning a war against Russia to spite Donald Trump, was again on display at their summit in Brussels today, concluding with a plan for—you guessed it—another meeting, this time on March 20-21.
Ukraine acting President Zelenskyy held a chummy meeting with Ursula von der Leyen and others, delighted with their talk of drumming up billions of euros for war. Her goal is €800 billion over various phases in the coming period.
The meeting included multiple declarations of madness, but also a recognition that all is not clear sailing, not only because of Trump suspending funding for Ukraine, but also because Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has the power to veto any EU decision due to the unanimity rules of the EU. In response to that, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said, “We have to take decisions no matter the one or two who are opposing every time. Otherwise history will penalize us, and we will pay a very high cost.” Better to provoke a nuclear holocaust, he failed to add.
Amongst the dreamers:
• Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, whose country holds the EU’s rotating presidency from January 1 to June 30, said that three years of war in Ukraine and new attitudes in Washington “pose entirely new challenges for us, and Europe must take up this challenge ... and it must win.... We will arm ourselves faster, smarter, and more efficiently than Russia,”
• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen put forward a plan to loosen budget rules so countries that are willing can spend much more on the military. Her proposal is underpinned by €150 billion ($162 billion) worth of loans to buy priority military equipment. Then more money later on. She said, “Europe faces a clear and present danger, and therefore Europe has to be able to protect itself, to defend itself.” She believes this scheme could encourage the 27 member countries to invest a total of some €800 billion ($863 billion) in military expenses over the next four years.
• Friedrich Merz, likely the next Chancellor of Germany, and summit chairman António Costa, President of the European Council, discussed ways to fortify Europe’s military on a short-term deadline. Merz pushed plans this week to loosen his nation’s rules on running up debt to allow for higher military spending.
• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told reporters, “Spend, spend, spend on defense and deterrence. That’s the most important message.”
• French President Emmanuel Macron, of course, has his finger on the nuclear button, certain that the French “force de frappe” will keep Europe safe, and that discussions should proceed on how this can work.