{"id":409197,"date":"2024-11-28T18:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-28T17:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/11\/28\/ucraina-difesa-spesa-eurocamera-sinistra\/"},"modified":"2024-12-03T19:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T18:09:14","slug":"by-ukraines-side-to-the-end-and-with-all-the-defence-it-needs-the-eu-parliaments-decision-pleases-but-not-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/11\/28\/by-ukraines-side-to-the-end-and-with-all-the-defence-it-needs-the-eu-parliaments-decision-pleases-but-not-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"By Ukraine’s side to the end (and with all the defence it needs). The EU Parliament’s decision pleases, but not the Left"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels – “As long as necessary<\/strong>” is the EU’s promise to Ukraine<\/strong>. With the involvement of China and North Korea, escalation is just around the corner, and the Europarliament, in its Strasbourg plenary, reiterated its support for Kyiv<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

From the resolution<\/strong> <\/a>approved Thursday (Nov. 28) comes another condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the worsening conflict<\/strong>. To the international community, MEPs call for action to deal with the black hole that the now over a thousand days<\/a>\u00a0of war are. “No negotiations on Ukraine can take place without Ukraine<\/strong>,” the MEPs reiterate, calling on the EU and member states to work to increase international support and identify a peaceful solution to the war.<\/p>\n

The triangular Beijing, Pyongyang, and Moscow<\/h4>\n

North Korea’s sending of troops and testing of ballistic missiles in Ukraine<\/strong>\u00a0are frightening and, from the EU perspective, represent “a new phase of warfare” and are “a<\/span>\u00a0new risk to the security of Europe as a whole<\/strong>.”<\/span><\/p>\n

Beijing<\/strong> is asked to end military assistance and the supply of dual-use goods<\/strong> to Russia. An\u00a0additional warning<\/a>\u00a0comes from the EU in reference to Chinese actions, “Refusal to change the course of action in this regard risks damaging to EU-China<\/strong> bilateral relations seriously,” already in crisis over a trade war onset\u00a0that started with European electric car duties to China<\/a> and continued with Chinese duties on European brandy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On this occasion, the EU Parliament also does not miss China’s influence on North Korea<\/strong>, now involved in the war in Ukraine. To avoid the shipment\u00a0of arms to Russia, more international cooperation is called for, exerting “constant pressure on Pyongyang to cease its destabilizing actions<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n

Member states are urged to\u00a0<\/span>strengthen the sanctions regime over North Korea, along with Belarus and Iran<\/strong>, including adding to the list of EU sanctions Chinese entities and individuals that support Russia or the Russian defence and security sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

Not “A Farewell to Arms” (indeed, more spending)<\/h4>\n

An all-round commitment of the EU and individual states <\/strong>to Ukraine, which is also one of the candidates to join the EU<\/a>. Despite the promise to implement Ukaine’s peace plan<\/a> and create the necessary conditions for\u00a0holding a second\u00a0Peace Summit<\/a>,\u00a0much<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0of the text\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>is devoted to military support<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is talk of supplying aircraft, long-range missiles such as Taurus, air defence systems and all the armaments necessary to enable Ukraine to continue to resist.\u00a0European Commission President von der Leyen<\/strong>\u00a0herself,\u00a0in yesterday’s speech<\/a>\u00a0(Nov. 27) before the vote on the College of Commissioners, had stressed the\u00a0need to spend more and cohesively on defence,<\/strong>\u00a0and this was clearly reflected in the resolution.<\/span><\/p>\n

All European states and NATO allies\u00a0<\/strong>should commit 0.25 per cent of the annual GDP to “collectively and individually” <\/strong>provide\u00a0military support to Ukraine<\/strong>. This is an important solicitation, which adds to\u00a0the over \u20ac118 billion <\/strong><\/a>already spent by the EU, an amount equal to almost an entire annual EU budget.<\/p>\n

Neither is the Trump 2.0<\/strong> issue overlooked, toward which there are hopes of strengthening transatlantic cooperation that is “mutually beneficial, highlighting the common strategic interest of supporting Ukraine.” The bogeyman of disengagement by the new Republican presidency prompts MEPs to seek the most relaxed relations possible because “how long as it takes” does not appeal to everyone.<\/p>\n

All happy and warmongering, but not the Left<\/h4>\n

The European Left voted compactly against the resolution<\/strong>, which passed with 390 votes in favour, 135 against and 52 abstentions. None of the group’s amendments managed to pass, meeting the opposition of the renewed “Ursula majority” in a very united way.<\/p>\n

There was a call to focus on ending the war diplomatically<\/strong>, as President Zelenskyy himself had recently said, by 2025, limiting the EU’s military contribution to the conflict.\u00a0Similarly,\u00a0the condemnation<\/strong>\u00a0of Biden’s move<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0authorize the Kyiv army to use long-range missiles<\/strong>\u00a0(capable of reaching targets 300 kilometres away) was also<\/span>\u00a0advanced in the amendments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pacifist intent of the Left was, however, a bust.\u00a0Bitter<\/strong> comment on X by the Movement 5Stelle Europe<\/strong>, part of the political group the Left:<\/p>\n

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An\u00a0immoral measure<\/strong> was voted in at @Europarl_IT<\/a>, criticizing those who try to seek a negotiated solution in #Ukraine<\/a>. By stigmatizing Chancellor Scholz, who phoned #Putin<\/a> in an attempt at dialogue last week, we make\u00a0a gift to the warmongers.
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– M5S Europe (@M5S_Europe) November 28, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The stigma on the German chancellor refers to a paragraph in the resolution in which the entire European Parliament “deplores the German chancellor’s recent telephone conversation with Vladimir Putin.” The alleged diplomatic intent did not sit well with European colleagues, and the dark times for Scholz (after the early elections<\/a>) seem to have just begun.<\/p>\n

Today’s resolution aligns with the commitments the EU has agreed to make with Ukraine and with the defence objectives that are clear to von der Leyen bis. While the defence industry presses<\/a> for investment upon investment to be made to strengthen the European (but especially the sector’s) position,\u00a0it remains to be seen how the Union will coordinate the spending<\/strong> of virtually an entire budget for a candidate country and its overall goals, so that “for as long as necessary” can be a realistic promise<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The resolution commits the EU to continue its support for Kyiv, condemning the Russian war and interference from China and North Korea. More defence spending will be needed, but not everyone agrees<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7877,"featured_media":278646,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[27336,25907,25746,25916,28986,27270,29543,26303,25803,29843,25789,29842],"class_list":{"0":"post-409197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-world-politics","8":"tag-cina-en","9":"tag-missili-en","10":"tag-negotiations-en","12":"tag-northkorea-en","13":"tag-russia-in-2","14":"tag-support-en","15":"tag-ukrainian-en-2","16":"tag-war-in-ucraine-en"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409197"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":410128,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409197\/revisions\/410128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}