The plan from 800 billion euros for European rearmament, promoted by Ursula von der leyenrisks compromising diplomatic peace efforts between Russia and Ukraine, with Donald Trump who proposes himself as a mediator. Timing raises more than one doubt: to launch a massive military program in the middle of a possible truce agreement may appear as a direct provocation to Moscow, stiffening the positions of Vladimir Putin and putting the negotiation at risk.
The idea of a common European defense is not in itself a bellicist choice and deserves to be evaluated seriously. A reflection on the need to delegate, in cases of emergency, to a European supranational guide, the management of national defense devices should not be liquidated as a heresy. However, This is not the appropriate time To accelerate in this direction. Among the rules of engagement of a possible European army there should be the protection of boundaries from irregular entrances, which violate the territorial integrity of the Member States, a crucial aspect for national sovereignty and internal stability.
In international relations, Diplomacy must prevailbefore the negotiating dialogue to conflict relations. The story, however, teaches that the principle of deterrence also contributes to maintaining peace, which acts on the psychological sphere to prevent the conflicts from the contrasts in conflicts. But if deterrence can make sense in a well -defined strategic framework, an indiscriminate rearmament without a clear vision It appears as a spite to Trump’s protagonismwho is trying to pacify war theaters.
After three years of war, destruction and thousands of victims, the diplomatic solution seems to finally take shape, thanks to the Trump initiative. But in such a fragile balance, choose to relaunch the armaments race It could mean giving up peace in the name of militarization.
To make the painting even more paradoxical is the position of the European left: for years Brussels has given the rigid observance of the debt/GDP ratio, sacrificing vital investments for welfare. Today, however, it authorizes us to overflow from the bed of that austere parameter, but only to finance a colossal rearmament. Where did the dogmas of austerity end? To this is added a further mockery: 64% of the military supplies of European armies come from the United States, which means that a substantial slice of these 800 billion will end up in the coffers of the American war industry.
The confusion in progressive environments was represented plastically by the square convened by the intellectual to the caviar Michele Serra: in that meeting they mixed with bellies and pacifical attitudes, in a paradox that challenges every logic. Waiting for the colorful banner of peace and at the same time supporting European rearmament in this historical moment means feeding an ideological short circuit and affecting the attempt to relax the relationship between Putin and Zelensky.
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