Tusk speaks of a strong Europe, but Poland is in no hurry to act
4 March 16:03
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called on Europe to realize its greatness and stop relying on the United States to protect it. The video is being shared online today, Komersant ukrainskyi reports.
“Just listen to how it sounds: 500 million Europeans asking 300 million Americans to protect them from 140 million Russians. I would like to repeat these words: do you know how to count? Count on yourself, start counting on yourself not in isolation, but with full awareness of your own potential. If we lack anything today, it is not economic or demographic superiority, but the belief that we are truly a global force,”
– the Polish prime minister told reporters.
At the same time, the Polish official is being a bit disingenuous, as things in Poland are not moving much beyond rhetoric. Poland is among those EU states that refuse to send peacekeepers to Ukraine, even in the lame format proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
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Security of Ukraine and Europe
The Munich Security Conference 2025 came as a real shock to many and a cold shower to European politicians after the US representatives voiced their vision of the future security model in Europe and the world. In particular, US Vice President Jay DeVance ‘s speech was about Europe no longer relying on the US security umbrella, as the US will no longer guarantee it. The Europeans were also told that the security of Ukraine after the ceasefire with Russia will also be on their shoulders, as it concerns European affairs, from which the United States is withdrawing.
And now the United States does not even “physically” see Europe at the table with Russia.
Against this backdrop, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for the creation of the European Armed Forces. This idea was also quickly rejected in Poland.
Europeans were shocked by this turn from the United States. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was the first to recover, saying that his country “can and will” send its contingent to Ukraine as a peacekeeper if a truce with Russia is concluded.
on February 17, French President Emmanuel Macron urgently convened the heads of “leading European states” to form a common position on this issue. However, it was not achieved. As it turned out, Britain, France, and Sweden were in favor of sending peacekeeping contingents to Ukraine, while Germany, Poland, Italy, and Spain were against it. Later, Macron also said that he was not going to send troops to Ukraine.
Thus, the “rhetoric of European greatness” of Polish officials today needs to be more confidently backed up by deeds.
