Ukraine conflict leads EU to rid itself of Russian sacred cows
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from on (#5WKF6)
Analysis: Images of war, US and UK allies and Volodymyr Zelenskiy have all helped create a new political necessity
A bonfire of EU shibboleths on the economy, conflict, finance, energy supply, migration, and even the bloc's future shape and size, has been lit by the conflict raging in Ukraine.
Battlefield images, the leadership of Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who has framed the war as being between European democracy and brute bullying power, and the challenge of coordinating with UK and US allies who are pushing for more while having less to lose, has created a new political necessity.
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