Europe outmaneuvers itself, abandoning security policy

The European Union is undermining its own security policy and becoming irrelevant on the global stage, according to this analysis. National governments, through institutions in Brussels, are creating chaos in the EU's common policy regarding Ukraine and Iran. This internal disarray is allowing major powers like the United States, Russia, and China to capitalize on the situation.

The article questions whether the European Union should engage in direct talks with Moscow concerning the Ukraine war. While EU Council President Antonio Costa has initiated contact, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomes, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz insists on the leading role of Germany, France, and Great Britain in Ukraine matters, feeling bypassed.

Following recent G7 and EU summits, the landscape of crisis and war diplomacy is described as chaotic. Although Europeans form a majority within the G7 format, they have struggled to formulate a cohesive strategy since Donald Trump's rise to power 17 months ago. This has placed them in constant confrontation with the economically and militarily superior United States.