Zelensky to Get his Second Wind to Fight on with the European Summit that Starts Today?

Is Zelensky getting his second wind? The European Summit that begins today is his best shot for keeping it going, so he apparently thinks. Reports unconfirmed are that Zelensky has changed his mind for the fourth time about the mineral deal back to a NO.

Politico EU indicates Europe is trying to reassemble the deck chairs with Zelensky still Captain of the Ukrainian Ship.

Here we go:

PARIS ― The European Union is used to crises. This could be the one to beat them all.

As the bloc’s 27 leaders gather in Brussels on Thursday, they know the entire post-1945 security architecture ― one that depends on being buttressed by the United States ― could crumble any day.

Since Donald Trump’s return to the White House, leaders have talked a lot about sovereignty and defense. Officials from European governments told POLITICO that they acknowledge that the moment has come to translate words into action, yet some already fear it could go horribly wrong.

French President Emmanuel Macron said a peace agreement in Ukraine cannot be achieved “under Russian diktat,” speaking in a televised address on Wednesday ahead of a major European summit. “Peace cannot be Ukraine’s capitulation. It cannot be its collapse. Nor can it mean a fragile ceasefire,” Macron said.

While French President Emmanuel Macron has talked of the need for “an incredible awakening” and German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz described Europe as being “five minutes to midnight,” the worry from those close to the discussion is that events are happening more quickly than they can cope with.

“The nightmare scenario is that the U.S. announces a deal soon that accepts most of Russia’s demands and then tells Ukraine and Europe to take it or leave it,” said Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director general at the Royal United Services Institute in London.

And they’re not only scared of the United States. They’re also wary of some of their own. While Thursday’s hastily arranged summit, just days after less formal gatherings in Paris and London, signals an intention to come up with solutions, diplomats are already bracing for a pro-Russia group of leaders led by Hungary’s Viktor Orbán derailing the whole thing.

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Waiting until Trump is dead

“Europe faces a clear and present danger on a scale that none of us has seen in our adult lifetime,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote to EU leaders on Tuesday. “The future of a free and sovereign Ukraine ― of a safe and prosperous Europe ― is on the line.” 

The story continues here

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Ukrainian President Zelensky on March 5 released a video message and said “We are preparing for the EU summit, which will take place tomorrow in Brussels. Everyone can see how quickly diplomatic events are unfolding. Today, the Ukrainian and American teams began working on an upcoming meeting. Andriy Yermak and Mike Waltz have spoken, and there’s positive movement. We hope to see some results next week”. 

Does anyone really trust him these days?

Time stamp at about 3:30 for Zelensky remarks.

What Macron and many of the other European countries that are so concerned with Russia, fail to observe, is the collapse within which looms. The unmitigated disaster of the migrant influx.

And that indeed is the best of the swamp.

Source: https://bunkerville.wordpress.com/2025/03/06/zelensky-to-get-his-second-wind-to-fight-on-with-the-european-summit-that-starts-today/