Chaotic scenes in the Dáil on Wednesday as parliamentarians clashed over appointing MartinRutte also appeared to agree with some of US president Donald Trump’s grievances about how much European allies spend on defence.Appearing at the same event, he said:The problem is not US, the problem is Europe. Trump has consistently made this point that in Europe we are underspending in terms of defence.Thanks partly also to him, we have seen this upturn in spending in Nato on the European side. We felt that the US was getting a bad deal, and Europe was funding its social model, healthcare system, but underfunding defence.It is not only a European conflict, but a geopolitical conflict, and if we get a bad deal, we will see the president of Russia high-fiving with the leaders of North Korea, Iran, and China. We cannot accept it. It would be a big mistake.Whenever, hopefully as soon as possible, Zelensky says he is willing to enter into talks, when we can get Putin to the table, the most important thing is that we have a sustainable peace, so we will never again experience what happened with the Minsk agreement in 2014.I see too many politicians inside and outside Ukraine contemplating if you would have peace talks, what they would mean for the territories the Russians have captured, and secondly what it means for Nato. Continue reading…
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Publish date : 2025-01-23 08:47:23
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