{"id":471084,"date":"2026-11-12T15:51:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T14:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/12\/la-comunita-politica-europea-alla-ricerca-dellunita-sullucraina-ma-restano-i-nodi-putin-e-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T17:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T16:23:34","slug":"the-european-political-community-is-seeking-unity-on-ukraine-but-the-putin-and-trump-issues-remain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/the-european-political-community-is-seeking-unity-on-ukraine-but-the-putin-and-trump-issues-remain\/","title":{"rendered":"The European political community is seeking unity on Ukraine, but the Putin and Trump issues remain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 Common security, to be understood as \u201cthe security of our continent is inseparable from the security of Ukraine,<\/strong>” and the need to navigate the turbulent waters of today\u2019s world. The President of the European Council, Ant\u00f3nio Costa<\/strong>, sets out the tone of the European Political Community meeting in Dublin, which comes at a time when, perhaps for the first time with renewed resolve, Russia and Ukraine begin discussions on the possibility of ending the conflict with US mediation<\/a>. The EU-27 and their partners are attempting to send clear and decisive messages: easy enough in statements, but somewhat less so in the practical need to find shared solutions.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

Among the non-EU countries invited to the talks, the Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama<\/strong>, calls for grievances and animosities to be set aside in favour of a pragmatic approach: “Whether we like it or not, Russia is not going to disappear; it will remain.<\/strong>” This means, he emphasises, \u201cthat while continuing to support Ukraine fully, we must keep the dialogue open.\u201d We need to talk to the Kremlin and its lord, Vladimir Putin. If others are mediating today, the fault lies with a European Union that lacks a genuine foreign policy and has little vision in its capitals: \u201cI believe it was a colossal mistake to leave diplomacy to others and focus exclusively on military support for Ukraine.<\/strong>\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

A similar line of reasoning must also have been followed in Helsinki, because the Finnish Prime Minister, Petteri Orpo<\/strong>, makes no secret of his concerns regarding a role that has so far been characterised more by subordination than by leadership \u2013 a situation that needs to be rectified: \u201cEurope needs a seat at the table. No one can negotiate on our behalf.<\/strong>\u201d This, then, is the issue that the European political community must resolve. <\/p>\n

In Dublin, however, the EU is continuing its efforts to shift its political and economic centre of gravity eastwards. Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan: Europe is reaching out to countries that have historically and traditionally been close to Moscow\u2019s sphere of influence. Armenia is still a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation<\/strong> (CSTO<\/a>), the military alliance established in 1992 as a post-Soviet reorganisation led by Russia, and the government in Yerevan is also a member of the Eurasian Economic Union<\/strong> (EAEU<\/a>), a customs and trade union also led by Russia. \u201cThe era of spheres of influence in Europe is long gone,<\/strong>\u201d emphasises Costa, who throws down a new gauntlet to Putin (while glossing over the actions of other players \u2013 the US and Israel \u2013 in other parts of the world).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

While EU leaders, on several occasions and in varying degrees of detail, have repeatedly emphasised the importance of continuing to support Ukraine, messages from Canada go a step further, using the Dublin summit as an opportunity to strike a blow against the US administration. For Ottawa, participation in the summit \u201cis part of the process that brings us closer to the European Union,<\/strong>\u201d a process that can \u201cbring more opportunities for our businesses, more choice, greater affordability, and greater security\u201d, emphasises the Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

The Irish Prime Minister and host, Miche\u00e1l Martin<\/strong>, steers the debate back to the main topic: the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the Europeans\u2019 stance towards Putin: \u201cWe do not believe in war. We are democrats; we believe in democracy,<\/strong>\u201d he emphasised, immediately distancing himself from Russia and, more implicitly, from Trump\u2019s USA. <\/p>\n

Whatever happens, \u201cwe<\/strong> will support Ukraine, both in times of war and in times of peace,<\/strong>\u201d clarifies the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen<\/strong>, who announces the preparation of the twenty-second package of sanctions against Moscow and work on new financial loans for Kyiv: \u201cWe will present the sanctions package and the proposal regarding financial requirements before the next European Council.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The leaders of the 48 countries gathered in Dublin are trying to reach an agreement. Albania: \u201cIt\u2019s a mistake not to talk to Moscow; Russia isn\u2019t going to disappear.\u201d Carney takes a dig at the US: \u201cWe\u2019re here for more choice and greater affordability.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":471038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","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_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","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[26458,28103,31856,29612,26455,25804,25803,33394,30781,35960],"class_list":["post-471084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-albania-in-2","tag-donald-trump-en","tag-community-politics-en","tag-multilateralism-en","tag-sanctionsin","tag-russia-in-2","tag-ue","tag-ukraine-in-2","tag-ursula-von-der-leyen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471084","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\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":471085,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471084\/revisions\/471085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}