Putin-Gespräche: Die EU hat sich für ein Ukraine-Team entschieden – Deutschland ist dabei
Spott aus Washington, tagelanger Streit in Brüssel, dann die Lösung in Dublin: Die EU hat entschieden, wer sie bei möglichen Verhandlungen über den Krieg in der Ukraine vertritt.
The European Union reached an agreement on Friday at its informal summit in Dublin about who would represent them in potential peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv. Germany, France, Britain, Poland, and Italy were to send representatives, according to Ratspräsident António Costa. The European institutions also agreed to send representatives.
The proposal to appoint EU Foreign Affairs Commissioner Kaja Kallas as envoy did not receive enough support. This marked a resolution to the dispute that had been brewing since Wednesday. US envoy Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, had ridiculed the European disagreement. EU diplomats said at the sidelines of the Dublin summit that the idea of a single European special envoy for negotiations was not conceivable: all interests of the 27 European states and all EU institutions had to be considered.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen spoke of "new momentum" in the talks about the Russian aggression. She announced another sanctions package against Moscow. "Far from" solving the EU financial planning The role of Ukraine was also discussed in the EU budget talks in Dublin. "We are still far from an agreement," said Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Friday at the edge of the EU summit.
Intensive talks had taken place. "We are now entering the decisive phase of negotiations." The multiannual financial framework (MFR) was to apply for seven years from 2028.
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