Tue Feb 14, 2023 – 10:34 am EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The European Council met in Brussels on February 9 for a one day summit, which saw President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine make his first appearance in person at an EU meeting since February 2022.
It was an occasion which highlighted increasing strains in the bloc, within countries and between them, bringing the vaunted values of the EU once more into question. It was a meeting which highlighted the deepening divisions in the West over Ukraine, the economic fallout of the war policy, and of the vision of EU itself as the guarantor of a uniform, supranational managerial state.
This summit was convened to address several urgent matters of increasing concern. Firstly, the extraordinary economic pressures facing Europe following its sanctions on cheap Russian energy. Secondly, the issue of European asylum policy, which eight European countries said was “broken” in a letter to the president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
Finally, the summit witnessed a renewed effort from Zelensky to escalate the war in Ukraine, who appeared in person to demand long range weapons granting him the power to strike deep inside Russia.
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