Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000683/2025/rev.1
to the Commission
Rule 144
Roberto Vannacci (PfE)
On 12 February 2025, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, stated that he was aiming to put an end to the war in Ukraine in separate phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
In a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group held on the same day, the US Secretary of Defence, Pete Hesgeth, said that obtaining NATO membership for Ukraine and re-establishing its pre-2014 borders were ‘illusory’ goals[1]. He also ruled out sending US troops to the country.
The Commission’s policy of unconditionally supporting Ukraine until it wins the war[2] and restores its territorial integrity[3] has always been heavy on ideology and short on pragmatism.
In the light of the above:
- 1.Given current diplomatic trends and the changing international environment, how will the Commission review its strategy, which has so far been predicated on restoring Ukraine’s territorial integrity and supporting a prolonged conflict?
- 2.Does the Commission not think that sticking to its current position in spite of the United States’ change of policy and recent trends on the international scene could jeopardise the coherence, effectiveness and sustainability of EU foreign policy?
Submitted: 13.2.2025
- [1] https://it.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/12/ucraina-segretario-difesa-usa-hegseth-confini-pre-2014-e-adesione-alla-nato-obiettivi-irre.
- [2] https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2024/11/13/devant-les-eurodeputes-kaja-kallas-defend-le-soutien-europeen-de-l-ukraine-jusqu-a-la-victoire_6391566_3210.html.
- [3] https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ac_24_3363https://x.com/kajakallas/status/1889800055303049695.