Keir Starmer paid an exciting tribute to six British soldiers who died in Afghanistan 13 years ago as he stood up on the Prime Minister’s issue on Wednesday.
He read out their names very intentionally. The house was silent. The Prime Minister then paid tribute to a 22-year-old British Royal Marine, who also died on March 6 but in 2007 in Helmand Province.
They are poignant moments, often raucous and rough partisan moments during the Political Week. During the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Steamer told members of Congress that 642 people were “fighting side by side with our allies.” More people were injured. “We will never forget their heroism and their sacrifice,” Stamer said.
But the Prime Minister’s tribute is not only for the families of lost soldiers. They aren’t just for the British ears. They also intend to have voices and clear voices inside Donald Trump’s administration, especially Vice President JD Vance.
Less than a week after Starmer and Donald Trump’s tactile “love” at the White House, perceptions of how to react to the new U.S. government have developed, not just here, but across Europe.
Trump and Vance’s wild, instability and sometimes insulting comments about the European government have put politicians in the face of this side of two dawn reality: First, they somehow found ways to try to oppose Trump and Weiss without stopping tensions, to the more dangerous level. Second, in the long run, they must make a real plan for a world where the world is no longer the cornerstone of Western security.
As one European diplomat said: “It’s obvious that Trump is not saying what he is saying just to shake us, but because he means because he says that.”
Amidst the turmoil, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday, calling for a resolution of the security crisis. For the spontaneous clapping sound, EU leaders stood up and shook hands, providing back covers and air kisses. When Zelensky was there, Trump’s Ukrainian envoy Keith Kellogg made a cruel reason for his country’s decision to freeze military aid: “The best way I can describe is like riding one on one on the nose with two riding one on the une. You get their attention.”
From the remarks of French President Emmanuel Macron to the enormous ambitious ideas of collective defense sent by the European Commission to the European Commission to all men who have been military training for his country by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, the country, can hear signs of a historic shift in Europe.
But it is in Germany that this change is earthquake. After months of campaigning to defend the country’s strict “debt brakes”, incoming Prime Minister Friedrich Merz struck a deal with his possible alliance partner SPD to raise hundreds of billions of euros in defense and infrastructure. The strict rules on debt were the entire economic structure of Germany after the war. But now it must be needed.
“In view of the threat of freedom and peace on our continent, what our defensive spells must be – whatever measures are taken,” said Meles.
Since taking office in 2017, Macron has justified Europe’s “strategic autonomy”, which may feel a defense.
“Our desire is to be a force of peace and balance,” he told reporters after the EU’s emergency summit. “To avoid tomorrow’s war.”
He described Russian President Vladimir Putin as an “imperialist trying to rewrite history.”
Valérie Hayer, an ally of the European Parliament that leads the free-fall group, told Europe, Observer.
“EU countries must now maintain new pace and fulfill their commitments to common defence spending and common nuclear deterrence,” she added.
German newspapers realized a huge moment in a country that had been so long since World War II, away from direct military participation.
“At this historic turning point, Germany cannot escape,” Marina Kormbaki wrote in Der Spiegel. “The federal government must bring Europeans together to encourage and guide them to ensure their safety. It must set a good example and must ultimately shape German satellites into powerful military and invest in materials and personnel. Only then will other states follow suit. Only then will Vladimir Putin of Russia take Europe seriously.”
Later this month, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will fill out details of her defense funding plan as she fills out her long-awaited white paper.
EU executives are raiding every cabinet to find defence money: fiscal rules will be relaxed to allow member states to increase deficits and debt to fund military purchases, a measure that could raise 650 billion euros if each country does as much as possible.
EU development funds can also be redistributed to defense if the government chooses. Member States will be able to obtain loans from €150 billion in funds, which are the money seized from unused money in the EU budget.
As Pro-Putin Hungary attempts to stand on the EU’s road, Brussels is increasingly exploring how it can promote support for Ukraine through “voluntary alliances” rather than “voluntary alliances” among group members.
Any questions from European leaders about Trump’s intentions for Ukraine are now cruelly eliminated. Downing Street still insists that if a peace deal is reached, it will be discussed with the Trump administration about the U.S. providing permanent security assurance.
But there are no obvious signs of progress. After the age of twenty-four, U.S. intelligence sharing was cut after suspending aid to the country.
Next, the Trump administration ordered American technology company Maxar to stop sharing its satellite images with Ukraine’s Russian post on the battlefield.
These punitive measures have led the Ukrainians to refuse. The warning system warns civilians that incoming missiles and takeoffs of Russian bomber aircraft are no longer effective. Russia launched a large air strike on Ukraine’s energy grid and private residences on Friday, thus raising serious advantages for the new situation. Trump is indifferent to the massacre he has activated. He said it was “anyone would do it.”
Hours after U.S. intelligence was frozen, the Kremlin launched a major attack on Ukrainian armed forces in the Kursk region, and Kiev occupied seven months in western Russia. North Korean and Russian troops broke into the south of the Ukrainian-owned Russian town of Sudhza. An unknown number of Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
There are about 10,000 Ukrainian troops in Kursk Prefecture at risk of siege. Volodymyr Zelenskyy will face a difficult decision as Ukrainian and U.S. officials meet in Saudi Arabia in the next few days. He had hoped to use the territory as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Russia. Zelenskyy can be with the commander-in-chief of Ukraine to avoid the massacre. against ObserverUkrainian soldiers said they had no choice but to move forward.
“What Trump said is wrong. It’s nonsense. He doesn’t seem to understand that orcs (Russian soldiers) come here to kill us,” one said. “The Russians blow us up every night. They murder our women and children. We need weapons so that we can fight back. This war is good for evil. We hope Europe and the world can help us.”
Since their fierce meeting at the White House, Zelenskyy and his team have tried to resolve their relationship with Trump. Last week, Zelenskyy outlined how the ceasefire works: a “truce” in the sky, where both sides can stop drone and missile attacks, as well as stopping during Black Sea military operations. No mention of European peacekeeping force or security assurances – Trump’s problems were stimulated when Zelenskyy lifted it up in the Oval Office.
But Putin seems to be uninterested in peace. His adviser said Russia was unwilling to compromise on any of its requests. These include taking over four Ukrainian regions, including areas beyond the control of the Russian region; Ukraine’s non-NATO “neutrality”; and demolishing Zelenskyy’s government.
As European leaders desperately seek ways to respond, the White House seems to have always believed that the White House appears to be a partner in Russia’s anti-Serensky campaign.
