The high-profile NATO summit has already begun. Zelenskiy, who had just been passionate and condemning Russia at the G-7 summit, spoke at the NATO summit through video speeches on his back foot.
Zelenskiy has asked NATO to provide more military assistance to Ukraine and more sanctions against Russia.
Zelenskiy stressed that at present, Ukraine needs about $5 billion a month to strengthen its defenses.
Unlike previous NATO summits, this time, Biden invited the Japanese prime minister and the South Korean president, and the ill-intentioned thoughts can be said to jump on the paper.
However, the gathering of Biden, Johnson, Macron and Scholz does not mean that there are no differences within the United States and Europe, and judging from the series of moves by the United Kingdom and Germany, the United States and the West have begun to "fight in the nest".
Specifically, it is manifested in 3 things.
The first thing, the UK may give the EU a "gas outage". With Energy prices soaring in the UK and Putin reducing gas supplies to Europe, britain is considering whether to implement an "emergency plan" that is to close Britain's gas pipelines to the Netherlands and Belgium. The Financial Times revealed that if there is an energy crisis in the UK, Johnson may really take practical action.
In fact, Britain's dependence on Russian oil and gas is not so serious, but the Russian-Ukrainian conflict has the effect of "pulling the whole body together", the first of which is naturally Germany and Poland, and the next to suffer is Britain and Japan.
It turns out that in the summer, the Uk will supply natural gas to the EU through natural gas pipelines, and when the cold winter comes, the EU will export a lot of natural gas to the UK. Of course, almost all of this gas is provided by Russia.
Today, unlike in the past, Britain's oil purchases from Russia have fallen by 70%, and gas imports have fallen to almost zero. In this case, even if Britain is less dependent on Russian energy, it will pay a huge price.
There is no doubt that if Putin completely cuts off energy to the EU, the UK will be hit hard, and according to the UK's estimates, in the worst case scenario, more than 6 million British households will face the dilemma of insufficient electricity.
In order to alleviate the urgent need, the United Kingdom has paid a heavy price, and after the continuous rise in energy prices, the price of food in the United Kingdom has also risen sharply.
In order to survive the winter unharmed, Johnson had to plan ahead and store large amounts of natural gas in advance, which Germany and Austria were doing. For the United Kingdom, at this time, it is ready to "cut off gas" for the EU, retaliate against the EU, and express dissatisfaction with Germany may be one of the reasons, but the main reason is because the British natural gas is in a hurry.
Scotland and Northern Ireland both want to shoot and break up with the United Kingdom, during this time, the United Kingdom has not less than a protest march, Johnson was also joined by the opposition and protesters to "force the palace". In the cold winter, if the British people are forced to suffer from hunger and cold, Johnson is likely to be forced to step down.
Of course, if the UK really "cuts off" the EU at this time, the EU member states that have been hit will never stop there. If the new hatred and the old hatred are counted together, the EU may break out into conflict with the United Kingdom, and the United States will blossom on the sidelines.
The second thing is that Germany and Canada are in conflict. Previously, Russia had significantly reduced its gas supply to Europe on the grounds that Germany had failed to ship turbines to Russia in time, and Germany had paid a huge price for this.
As of now, Russia has not restored gas supplies to the EU, and Germany is not in a hurry.
On the 29th, Germany said that germany is negotiating with Canada on the matter of natural gas pipeline turbines, but it cannot disclose the specific situation for the time being.
Before that, Germany had said that the reason why the turbines could not be delivered to Russia in time was because Canada imposed sanctions on Russia.
Clear-eyed people know that behind Canada is the United States, and the reason why Trudeau wants to cause trouble for Germany may be deliberate, but it is likely that the White House is the one who is planning.
Germany has not publicly condemned Canada, possibly to get Trudeau to borrow a donkey, but judging from the fact that Germany has repeatedly negotiated with Canada without results, the two countries are clearly at odds.
The United States has always wanted to let Russia and Germany move toward confrontation in order to prevent the "Nord Stream 2" from being put into use, and now Russia has taken the initiative to "cut off" the EU, which is undoubtedly the result of the United States' willingness to see it succeed.
When Canada makes concessions to Germany depends mainly on when the United States compromises, otherwise Trudeau should not give Germany face.
The third thing, Germany refused to fall out with Russia. At the G-7 summit, the differences between France, Germany and Italy and the United States, Britain, Japan, and Canada can be said to be visible to the naked eye, and the United States and Britain advocate "cutting the grass and removing the roots" of Russia, that is, not doing two things endlessly, directly pushing Russia into the abyss.
France, Germany, italy, and Italy did not support this. The EU believes that in the end, it is necessary to solve the problem through negotiations, support Kiev and sanction Russia, but Russia's interests cannot be completely ignored, otherwise the situation may get out of control.
On the 29th, German Foreign Minister Berberk said that Germany had never thought of abandoning the Basic Law of Russia and NATO. The agreement argues that Russia and NATO should not see each other as enemies. However, in the view of the United States, NATO should not regard Russia as a strategic partner at this NATO summit, which is a direct threat to NATO security.
France and Germany revealed that it will not mention the Basic Law of Russia and NATO in the statement at the end of the NATO summit.
Macron has repeatedly stressed the need to respect Russia, and Merkel also believes that European stability is inseparable from Russia's participation, and it is necessary for the EU to maintain trade cooperation with Russia.
Judging from franco-German-Italian choices, the U.S. layout is likely to fail, because Macron, Scholz and Draghi all understand that Russia will always be a neighbor that the EU cannot move, and the outcome of helping the United States crush Russia is uncertain.
Besides, Russia is a world power with enough nuclear warheads to destroy the European Union, and if Russia has no way to retreat, who knows what Putin will do?
Whether it is the conflict between Britain and the European Union, or the contradiction between Germany and Canada, it confirms the saying that between countries, there are no eternal allies, no eternal enemies, and interests are the most important.
For the EU, if it wants to get rid of the shackles of the United States, let the euro go global, and avoid the resurgence of the refugee crisis, it is inseparable from Putin's help. In the end, over the years, the United States has not bullied the EU, and Trump's "America First" has made the EU understand the true face of the United States, but at the moment, Biden has just changed the shell of "America First".
What the EU has to do is to maintain its concentration, enhance its strength, and adjust its foreign strategy according to the actual situation, rather than "the United States will do whatever it wants." This is because the United States, which promotes hegemony, has always had ill intentions.