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Macron’s peace conference proposal is a sham.
Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was treated like a hero when visiting Brussels on February 9. Although he received endless adulation, his lobbying to EU leaders for further military support mostly fell on deaf ears despite making an impassioned, but disingenuous plea that Ukraine is defending Europe’s eastern borders.
Zelensky visited London and Paris on his second foreign trip since the war began almost a year ago and hoped to secure modern fighter jets and long-range missiles. He then brought his circus show to Brussels to address EU leaders and MEPs directly. Unsurprisingly, Zelensky received cheers and a standing ovation in the European Parliament, yet, made no progress in convincing Brussels to allow Ukraine an express membership into the EU.
“We are defending against the most anti-European force of the modern world — we are defending ourselves, we Ukrainians on the battlefield, along with you,” Zelensky told MEPs.
However, despite the contradictory rhetoric emanating from European leaders, they are also fully aware that Russia will never attack without provocation. It is for this reason that they can make a show for Zelensky in Brussels, but will never commit to the extent that Kiev demands.
Although French President Emmanuel Macron awarded Zelensky with the National Order of the Legion of Honour, he also made it clear that he would not supply fighter jets to Kiev in the near future. Even though Zelensky has forced the supply of fighter jets into discourse, European leaders, including Macron, are less than enthusiastic as they are fully aware it would take several years to train Ukrainian pilots to be competent enough with an unfamiliar fighter jet to have any chance against the Russian Air Force. In addition, they understand that Russia will respond appropriately too.
Ignoring this reality, European Parliamentary speaker Roberta Metsola, declared: “Ukraine is Europe and your nation’s future is in the European Union. States must consider, quickly, as a next step, providing long-range systems and the jets you need to protect the liberty too many have taken for granted.”
Unfortunately for the European Parliament, they wield very little influence on state policies and enforcing support for Ukraine. Rather, with Zelensky seen in Western European capitals begging for more weapons, the whole exercise is a tasteless theatre to discuss supposed value systems – values that tolerates rampant neo-Nazism in Ukraine.
In this way, Zelensky is nothing more than an actor in a show to present supposed European unity on Ukraine. The uncomfortable truth is that unity in the Western world is forced and mostly just exists at a political level. With support for Ukraine being mostly maintained by the political class, public dissatisfaction caused by economic difficulties from the sanctions against Russia is growing.
With dissatisfaction growing, Macron is desperately wanting the war to end and for a peace conference to be held – but on terms that do not correspond to the realities on the battlefield and with aims of making Russia the ultimate loser.
At the trilateral meeting held on February 8 in the Elysée Palace with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Zelensky, Macron presented a proposal for organising a peace conference but, as said, on terms where Russia is the ultimate loser. Macron sees Kiev’s ten-point plan as a “solid foundation on the way to a peace conference” despite confirmation that Kiev is categorically refusing to negotiate on Russia’s unification with Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson.
In addition, a peace conference can only occur if Washington and London agree to one since they are the real masters behind the war. Although Macron has grandiose illusions of becoming a second Charles de Gaulle to lead an “autonomous Europe,” his endless failed attempts to form a European Army and the cancellation of military contracts with Australia shows that he is far from the global and historic figure that he wants to be remembered as. It also demonstrates that Western power is still firmly in Anglo hands.
Rather, Macron’s initiative is media propaganda because the two most powerful states in the EU, France and Germany, want to legitimise themselves in the media as contributors to the peace process. It cannot be forgotten that France and Germany already mediated the signing of the Minsk Accords and that former German chancellor Angela Merkel admitted that the aforementioned agreements allowed the Ukrainian military to become stronger as it bought time.
Therefore, French and German mediation in the current crisis cannot be trusted, and for this reason it is unlikely that Moscow will ever entertain a peace conference under such ludicrous terms. It was French and German inaction in enforcing the Minsk Accords that led to the current conflict, and now that Russia has acted on the only option that was left available, Macron has the audacity to request a peace conference on the terms that Russia backs away from all the progress it made.
As this is unrealistic, the song and dance must continue, and Zelensky will continue playing the part. But in the end, the level of support that Zelensky wants is evidently not coming to fruition, and will likely remain this way, rendering his tour of Europe to be mostly useless.
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The US and even the EU are not “European”. They are globalist. Ruled by an elite class that hates their peoples and all other peoples and cultures of the world as well.
I wonder how the comedian and clown Zelensky will eventually end. I guess he will either flee to the West to become a decal figurine that is passed around on talk shows and as a speaker and whip of western imperialism in elite symposiums (like WEF) or preside over a ruined Shell-Ukraine as a frustrated forever dictator, glorified by the West as a beacon of Western democracy.
He’ll get a job at CNN
He will probably end as some kind of exile government in poland or britain.
Either that or a fellow ukrainian will off his dumbass. Political dog eat dog is common in ukraine.
because Putin promised to Israeli not to kill him. A big mistake
“the most anti-European force of the modern world”, is zelensky referring to US neocons blowing up Euro gas pipelines? “you need to protect the liberty too many have taken for granted.” is Euro speaker referring to Trump? certainly not to Zelensky banning languages, political parties, religions, all media outlets, nor to Euro governments that enforced cvd19 lockdowns and injecting bioweapons? a prostitute only charges a few dollars, these scoundrels ask for millions even billions, such do they consider the scale of the evil they perform, satanic inversion in the above cases.
Awww…. another libtard always blaming everything on neocons 🏳️🌈🖕
the 2014 Uke President (and the Prime Minister!) that was violently overthrown, was not ‘pro-Russia’. He was reviewing a Western/Euro offer, and when he saw the usual Rothschild IMF loan ‘conditions’, of rape and pillage, he politely declined. but, of course, Rothschild wasn’t ‘asking’, just ask the ‘economic hitman’. This is the EU that Uke would be joining, not the Venice beach of Hollywood movies.
Nazis defense lines are collapsing all over the front
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Tired of throwing good money after bad…….
He left the Europeans with billions in extra debt. Thanks mr. Z!
Poor z the beggar.
They see Russia winning and that debt not getting paid.
So under the bus with you z.
The Ukrainians wake up a little late anyway, to realize, after a year, that they need Western planes….
Žobrákovi Zelenskému by sa mali pozrieť na jeho účet. Potom by sa mali začať s ním baviť o podpore jeho Banderistanu!!!
Zelensky left with his dick in his hand, so he could play taps for his fascist forces that ‘do what they do’.
Coke hoe Zelesnky has single-handedly done more damage to Natostan than any of the EUSSR or USSAN idiots since the crime syndicate was set up by USSAN war lords back in the day. When the dumpster fire is finally put out in rump Ukrapland I propose “awarding” the little jew the prestigioUS Coudenhove Kalergi PriZe for services rendered to the Satanic Pedovorian Council of Reptilian Filth.
Z
Credit where it’s jew!
Why Russians and Russian elite especially, say publicly they hate the West but in the same time they do everything they can to move families, wifes and children to the West? Everyone with money in Russia, including Putin, sent kids and spouses to the UK, US, Switzerland or Germany
Did you expected Zelensky to ask for planes and get them next day? Don’t worry, Ukraine will get them – not today, not tomorrow, mig 29 first and then f16 when the time comes… together with the UN peacemakers to protect Ukrainian Crimea…
Just a week later, and Biden and Zelensky smiled happily together, while Meloni approved 5 fighter jets for Ukraine, Poland promised many Mig-29 since the very beginning, etc. Thinking they won’t send everything they want, seeing that Russia doesn’t react (apparently Russia’s red lines is a direct hit to the Kremlin… and maybe not even that!), is naive.