LEurope has not yet said its last word. The countries of the Old Continent submitted an amended version of the peace plan for Ukraine presented in 28 points by the United States on November 20. The European proposal aims to increase Ukraine’s military personnel quota and change the territorial concessions that Kyiv must comply with, according to documents referred to by Reuters this Sunday, November 23.
The European Union seeks to continue playing a “central” role, as the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has made clear. Therefore, it is impossible to rule out the EU, stressed the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, who wants broader consultations with the 27 countries. His predecessor, François Hollande, also thought so in an interview published today in World. The former head of state believes that America’s plans for Ukraine will make Europe “merely a beleaguered spectator.”
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“This plan was not negotiated with Europe”
The counter-proposal was drafted by a group called the E3, which includes Britain, France and Germany, according to sources with access to the documents. The latter is based on the American proposal, but takes each point by suggesting deletion or modification. In particular, he suggested that Ukraine receive security guarantees from the United States similar to NATO’s Article 5 and opposed American proposals to use frozen Russian assets in the West, especially in the European Union. A point emphasized by the French president: “This plan, first of all, was not negotiated with European countries. However, it stipulates many things for European countries: the frozen assets are held by European countries, the European integration of Ukraine is in the hands of European countries.”
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“Ukraine will be fully reconstructed and financially compensated, including through Russian sovereign assets which will remain frozen until Russia compensates Ukraine for the damage it has suffered,” the document said. The US plan proposes investing $100 billion in frozen Russian funds in a “US-led effort to rebuild and invest in Ukraine” and for the US to receive 50% of the profits from this effort.
Washington also proposed that the remainder be invested in a “separate US-Russian investment vehicle”. American Secretary of State Marco Rubio, for his part, was very satisfied with the progress achieved during discussions with the Ukrainian delegation in Geneva on November 23. “The best meeting and the best day we’ve had so far in this entire process, since we took office in January,” he commented. Accused of showing ingratitude by Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky tried to calm things down, stating: “Ukraine is grateful to the United States, to every American and especially to President Trump for his help, starting with the Javelin missile, which saved the lives of Ukrainians. »
