The EU doesn’t expect the US to cut support for Ukraine if the Republicans win the midterm congressional elections, Report informs referring to the Politico newspaper.
For now, most officials are predicting more of the same after the U.S. elections on Tuesday. Democrat Joe Biden, after all, will still be president until at least early 2025. And on the most pressing issue, supporting Ukraine, European officials stress that Republicans and Democrats broadly agree.
“I am confident that U.S. parliamentarians will not only not reduce, but will increase and make the support for Ukraine more effective,” said Rasa Juknevičienė, the vice chair of the European Parliament’s subcommittee on security and defense and a former Lithuanian defense minister.
Several officials close to the US discussions told POLITICO that reassessing this support - even if it involves greater scrutiny - is likely to become a new reality in Washington. Polls show that more Republicans than Democrats favor cutting Ukraine’s aid, even if the vast majority of Americans still support backing Kyiv.
“I sincerely hope they don’t do it, but this is a wake-up call,” said Riho Terras, a former Estonian defense chief and now a European Parliament member. “I am absolutely convinced that Europe is not doing enough.”