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SHAKEN TO ITS CORE: Europe's Reality Check & Power Problem | Kallas At Doha Forum

Dec 7, 2025

Europe's Reality Check & Power Problem | Kallas At Doha Forum

Kaja Kallas has addressed the new US National Security Strategy document while she was participating at the Doha Forum. She has stressed the importance of the transatlantic cooperation and said that the US still views Europe as a friend and ally.

She has also urged the European countries and the EU to be more “self-confident”.

The Telegraph has published an article about Kaja Kallas which questions her views.

The EU’s top diplomat is a gift to the Kremlin

Kaja Kallas’s hardline position isn’t helping Ukraine

Background:

On Thursday 4 December, the White House published a new US National Security Strategy, a key document outlining the foreign policy and security priorities of the United States.
The document stresses that policy towards Europe should focus on restoring strategic stability in relations with Russia, giving Europe greater responsibility for its own defence and preventing further NATO enlargement.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said that although the critical remarks from the US administration may have some basis, Europe must approach its own strength more confidently, particularly in its relations with Russia.

The article is asking if Kaja Kallas and the broader leadership of the EU is actually helping Ukraine’s position, given the fact that Russia seems to get stronger and stronger while Europe’s resources are drying out.

Emmanuel Macron has stated that the Coalition of the Willing is working to exert pressure on Russia.

Macron: Russia is locking itself into escalatory path, we must continue to exert pressure

Oleh Pavliuk, KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 6 December, 19:08

French President Emmanuel Macron

French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned the latest large-scale Russian attack on Ukraine's energy and railway infrastructure and pledged that France will continue supporting Kyiv in its pursuit of peace. Source: Macron on X (Twitter)

The Slovak President has stated that Slovakia does not agree with using EU funds for Ukraine’s military support, as in his view the Russian army is simply too large for this to make a difference.

Slovak president opposes EU-funded military aid to Ukraine, as "it only prolongs war"

Oleh Pavliuk, KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO — 6 December, 17:26

Peter Pellegrini. Photo: AFP via Getty Images

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has spoken out against the use of European Union funds for military aid to Ukraine, arguing that such support merely prolongs the war.

Source: Pellegrini in an interview with STVR, as reported by European Pravda