The unexpected rebellion instigated by the Wagner group in Russia has inevitably dominated the meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union in Luxembourg. In it, the unpredictable situation that is now opening up in Eastern Europe has been addressed. For this reason, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, has advanced that the Twenty-seven are going to begin to analyze and study plans about what can happen in the country and how to act in response to it.
“Everyone is going to start working on possible hypotheses and scenarios (…) it is evident that the vision we have now of Russia is totally different. It is not only a threat due to its military capacity – it has already shown it with a war – but also due to its internal political architecture”, argued the High Representative for Foreign Policy.
The Catalan politician has also added that “the EU has nothing to do with what happened”, but “obviously” the Twenty-seven are going to have to “face” the latest events and “have the ability to respond, but this is not done One day to another”.
All European ministers have agreed on their “unwavering” support for Ukraine. Precisely, the ministers have given the green light to the extension to 3,500 million euros of the European Fund for Peace, which, among other things, provides aid for the shipment of arms to Ukraine, although not only. Part of that aid goes to the Western Balkans and countries on the African continent. However, the approval of 500 million euros more to send weapons to the country is still blocked by Hungary.
