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Kallas sidelined? EU names E5 plus two institutions for Ukraine peace talks
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What the site found
Not propaganda · agenda: US-Russia talks decide Ukraine's fate
Belief the Pravda network pushes: Russia and the United States should negotiate Ukraine's future without Europe, while Ukraine and the West block peace and threaten Russia.
The video shows EU leaders in Dublin saying Europe will take part in Ukraine peace talks as one team (E5 plus the Council and Commission) and will keep backing Ukraine and pressuring Russia.
The video says · at 0:45 · quote checked against the transcript
“Only Ukraine has the legitimacy to decide on matters concerning its territory and sovereignty.”
Only Ukraine has the legitimacy to decide on matters concerning its territory and sovereignity.
The video neutrally reports EU leaders' own statements insisting Europe and Ukraine must be at the table, which is the opposite of the agenda that the US and Russia should decide Ukraine's fate without Europe, and it contains no distortion of facts.
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6 days ago · Lithuanian President believes Europe must 'fully' participate in negotiations on Ukraine
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23 days ago · European Council President could become negotiator for dialogue with Russia over Ukraine, says Lithuanian President
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Transcript (en, 184 lines)
0:00 Today the leaders agreed that our
0:04 European team for the negotiations on
0:07 peace in Ukraine is the European Union
0:11 institutions and the E5 of the coalition
0:15 of the willing. Our principles and our
0:18 positions in these negotiations remain
0:22 well known and our European team will
0:25 continue to act in close coordination in
0:29 full unity.
0:31 Europe must speak with one clear and
0:35 united voice in all discussions that
0:38 shape the future of Ukraine and the
0:41 security of our continent. And this is
0:45 ultimately a team effort. Only Ukraine
0:49 has the legitimacy to decide on matters
0:53 concerning its territory and
0:56 sovereignity.
0:57 The European Union has a central role in
1:01 discussing Ukraine's European future,
1:04 its reconstruction and prosperity and
1:08 security guarantees must be addressed
1:12 within the framework of the coalition of
1:14 the willing in close coordination with
1:17 NATO.
1:18 As I said, we will we will work as
1:22 European team for this effort and we
1:27 will continue to work together to
1:30 support Ukraine in achieving a just and
1:33 lasting peace.
1:35 >> Since day one of Russia's war of
1:37 aggression, we have been by Ukraine's
1:39 side financially, militarily, and with
1:43 humanitarian support. and we will be
1:46 there the day after. I very much welcome
1:49 the renewed momentum we have right now
1:52 to move things forward to a just and
1:56 A strong European presence is important
1:59 to defend Ukraine's interests and
2:01 European interests and I welcome the
2:05 European team E5 plus the two
2:07 institutions, the Council and the
2:09 Commission. We will support Ukraine and
2:13 safeguard our interests.
2:15 >> [clears throat]
2:16 >> As we move towards multilateral
2:17 discussions with the US, Ukraine and
2:19 Russia, our focus needs to be on ending
2:22 the war and achieving peace for Ukraine.
2:26 With Ukraine and our partners, we need
2:29 to concentrate on our work on various
2:31 trends. This includes, for example,
2:32 robust and legally binding security
2:35 guarantees and a post-war prosperity
2:38 package. Here, the post-war prosperity
2:41 package, we're not starting from
2:43 scratch. We've been working with our
2:44 partners for many months on this
2:46 already.
2:48 And finally, the best way to get Russia
2:50 to the table is to keep up our support
2:53 for Ukraine and to keep maximum pressure
2:56 on Russia. This is why we will soon
2:58 propose our 22nd package of sanctions.
3:01 And before the next European Council,
3:04 the commission will put come forward
3:06 with a proposal to close the financing
3:08 gap in Ukraine for 2027. And just on
3:13 Ukraine, earlier this morning, the
3:15 Latvian prime minister on his arrival
3:16 here said that bluntly Europe needs to
3:19 grow some bigger balls when dealing with
3:20 Russia in relation to Russia's requests
3:23 around security, architecture, etc. Do
3:26 you agree with him on that assessment?
3:29 >> I I answered something similar. Yes, I
3:32 think European Union has been very
3:34 strong in response to the Russian
3:36 invasion um of Ukraine. Uh if you think
3:39 about it, um in terms of sanctions, 21
3:42 sanctions packages, we put another 1,600
3:45 on a entities and individuals on a list
3:48 recently. Uh a huge financial package of
3:51 of 90 billion last year. Um agreed and
3:55 uh um on numerous fronts, individual
3:57 member states have been very supportive.
3:59 Um I don't I I mean I we don't get any
4:03 sense yet that Russia is serious about
4:06 peace. So, um I think Europe has been
4:09 very strong um and will remain strong.
4:12 Uh and I I don't think we need to I
4:14 won't repeat
4:17 the phrase you use, but I think uh I
4:19 think sometimes Europe can be overly
4:20 self-critical about itself.
4:22 >> Putin today asked for the name of one
4:24 European that he could negotiate with on
4:26 behalf of the continent. You guys have
4:28 picked six uh plus NATO already there.
4:31 Um and this morning Ka Kalas confidently
4:33 told all of us journalists that she was
4:35 the person who institutionally had
4:37 already been chosen by the EU leaders to
4:39 negotiate foreign affairs issues. What
4:41 is the role of the HRVP if not to do
4:44 this kind of thing? And on AI
4:45 governance, you talked about global
4:46 governance to regulate but so far the
4:48 Americans are not biting. Uh do you
4:50 think the midterm elections and the
4:51 backlash against the tech bros could
4:53 create a window for the US to come to
4:55 the table and create a global governance
4:57 on AI? Thank you.
4:59 Look, first of all, we are supporting
5:03 all peace efforts since the very
5:05 beginning and namely the peace efforts
5:08 led by President Trump. Now, apparently
5:12 we have a new momentum to move forward
5:16 in the peace negotiations and we are
5:19 fully engaged to support this peace
5:21 negotiations.
5:23 For this, of course, we need to work as
5:24 a team.
5:26 uh like all the other parts are acting
5:29 as a team. Look, just an example. If you
5:33 look for the special invoice from
5:36 President Trump are not one,
5:40 they are two.
5:42 If you look to for the Ukrainian
5:45 delegation, I think it's three or four
5:47 people. Look, it's normal and especially
5:50 normally when you talk when it comes
5:52 about Europe because we have the
5:54 European Union with their own
5:57 competences. We have of course the
5:59 coalition of the willing that is
6:01 essential when it comes to ensure
6:04 security guarantees to Ukraine after a
6:07 peace agreement and of course we need to
6:09 integrate all of us and for this is
6:12 essential to have a team and to speak
6:15 with only one voice and is what we
6:19 agreed to do and is and it's why how we
6:23 are working on this we will continue
6:26 regarding the EU EU institutions.
6:29 The treaty are very clear.
6:32 The the president of the European
6:34 Council represents the European Council
6:38 and represents the union when it comes
6:40 to the common foreign security policy at
6:44 the level of head of state and heads of
6:46 governments and the president of
6:48 European Commission represents the
6:50 commission and the commission represents
6:52 externally the union in the communitary
6:54 issues. Then it's clear what are in the
6:56 treaties and we wish but of course the
6:58 treaties.
6:59 >> Yeah, I think uh to be very clear we
7:01 decide on who represents us and that's
7:03 what we've done today and how we are
7:05 being represented 27 sovereign countries
7:09 plus the EU institutions we have taken
7:12 our decision. Um I think indeed um when
7:16 we look at um our relationship to
7:20 Ukraine and during these five years of
7:22 war an unprovoked war that Ukraine is
7:25 suffering from since 5 years we have
7:28 been united steadfast by the side of
7:31 Ukraine from day one on and we are still
7:34 at the side of Ukraine and we will stay
7:36 by stay by Ukraine stand by Ukraine till
7:40 we have a just and lasting peace. We
7:43 invested€230
7:45 billion euros in support for Ukraine. Um
7:49 countless uh support in kind and
7:52 bilaterally by the member states. Um we
7:56 are very clear on giving not only the
8:00 material support to Ukraine but also the
8:02 moral support and now in the
8:04 negotiations it's very clear why we are
8:06 there. We want to safeguard our
8:08 interests and we want to support
8:10 Ukraine.
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