Speaker: EU is losing its role as global political and economic player

The European Union’s foreign and security policy is increasingly showing signs of immaturity and inconsistency, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili writes on social media.

Papuashvili responded to a statement by Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy: “The US cannot negotiate on behalf of Europe regarding the lifting of Russia sanctions. Only Europe can make these decisions.”

“By focusing on the US, Kaja Kallas is overlooking the main fact: Ukraine is a party to the negotiations, and European security is also Ukraine’s security. So, what does this mean? Ukraine, which Ms. Kallas describes as the EU’s first line of defence, is entrusted with defending EU territory with its blood, but not with verbally defending the EU’s interests in negotiations?

And if Ukraine achieves peace in these negotiations on terms acceptable to it, one of the preconditions of which may concern EU sanctions, will the EU sabotage that agreement?

Against the backdrop of this EU rhetoric, it is clear that everything ultimately comes down to one question: does Ukraine have the right to end the war on its own terms?

It is clear that the European Union’s foreign and security policy is increasingly showing signs of immaturity and inconsistency. As a result, the EU is losing its role as a global political and economic player, and this is precisely the civilizational gap it has long been warned about,” Papuashvili writes.