The EU has split into three camps on the issue of the candidacy of its representative for negotiations with Russia

Kallas has the fewest supporters.

This is written by Politico. Details:

🟩 the first camp — supporters of the President of the European Council António Costa. They believe that this position makes him the natural candidate for the role of EU representative;

🟩 the second — for representatives from France and Germany. Both countries do not want to yield places at the negotiations to Brussels. They are unlikely to welcome an agreement that would give it a monopoly on representing Europe, sources said;

🟩 the third camp — supporters of Kaja Kallas. But her hardline position towards Russia may cause rejection by the Kremlin and turn her candidacy into a problem, some European diplomats believe.

“The question of who speaks on behalf of Europe has never been so important, but the EU has no answer”, the article concludes.