Source: European Parliament
Question for written answer E-000882/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Petra Steger (PfE)
For three years now, Commission President von der Leyen has strikingly demonstrated that she does not want to end the bloodshed in Ukraine, while, within a few weeks, US President Trump has restarted the peace engine that, in the EU, seems to have completely fallen apart. Instead, Brussels is constantly lusting after arms and war. At present, as a result of these developments, Europe is not playing an active role in the peace negotiations, which are taking place not on neutral ground, in Austria or Ireland, but, rather, in Saudi Arabia. Even though a great deal of damage has already been done and valuable opportunities have been thrown away, it is essential that the EU now immediately change tack and reposition itself as the driving force behind a diplomatic solution.
- 1.Why has the Commission allowed the US to lead the peace process while the EU, as an immediate neighbour, is completely ignoring its responsibility for a diplomatic solution?
- 2.How long does the Commission plan to continue Ukraine’s EU-taxpayer-funded military build-up?
- 3.Does the Commission back the setting up of an EU army or the deployment of EU soldiers in Ukraine despite the fact that that could drag the EU into a military conflict and jeopardise Member States’ sovereignty?
Submitted: 28.2.2025